Saturday Jun 01, 2024
The public library – a treasure trove of democracy
Are literature and culture important to democracy? Is the public library a book storage or a democratic living room - or is it perhaps a flexible resource as well as a room?
In this episode of Aspects of Democracy, I meet Johanna Vernqvist, associate professor in comparative literature, and we talk about the role of libraries and reading, partly based on her fascinating research at the library of Löfstad Castle and the women in and behind the book collection.
Tune in to hear about poetry, empowerment and age-old leatherbound books!
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The podcast series is brought to you by the political science unit at Linköping University and hosted by Helena Iacobaeus, PhD student in political science. For questions or suggestions on topics, e-mail helena.iacobaeus@liu.se.
Intro music credit: ZakharValaha from Pixabay.
Photo credit: Anna Nilsen
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