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Department of Culture reopens modernized and air-conditioned Manuel Ignacio Library
Published on 12/06/2024 - 14:33 | Updated
The Manuel Ignacio da Silva Alvarenga Library is located in Campo Grande - Rio City Hall After ten months of closure for renovations and interventions, the Manuel Ignácio da Silva Alvarenga Library in Campo Grande was reopened with a new look. The new look was delivered on the morning of Valentine's Day (12/6). This is another unit of the Bibliotecas do Amanhã program, which aims to revitalize and modernize libraries and reading rooms in the municipal network, with diverse content, air conditioning, accessibility, community participation, sustainability of actions, flexible spaces and continuous evaluation. There are approximately nine thousand titles in the collection.
– Another project delivered by the city government in the West Zone. The entire city has priorities and challenges, but we need to look at those who need it most. There was a huge demand for this cultural facility in this neighborhood, which is the largest in Brazil – said the municipal secretary of Culture, Marcelo Calero.
The Department of Culture has been delivering a series of renovation, modernization and requalification works to 22 of its 55 cultural facilities. This is the Culture of Tomorrow program, the department's largest investment in this area, exceeding R$75 million.
With new spaces and suitable furniture, the new library will be able to serve a more diverse audience with the implementation of an educational program, workshops, activities, lectures and courses.
– Our idea is to make the surrounding community understand that they are an integral and essential part of its operation, debating important issues such as anti-racist and sustainability issues, bringing the community into the debate – stated the project coordinator at Graviola, Marjory Rocha.
– This is one of our libraries with the largest collection of Afro-Brazilian literature in our public library network – declared the manager of Books and Reading at the Department of Culture, Aladia Araújo.
The first Brazilian quilombola children's author, Pituka Nirobe is the manager of the unit, where she aims to expand ethnic knowledge and wisdom from the perspective of quilombola characters, who have ancestry and memory as the basis for preserving their knowledge and local traditions.
– A struggle of more than 40 years to obtain a space like this – commented Pituka, author of “Pedras, Pedrinhas e Pedregulhos”, a fictional narrative based on the relationship of care and teachings between the grandfather and his grandson in Quilombo da Marambaia.
The Manuel Ignácio da Silva Alvarenga Library is located at Rua Amaral Costa, 140 (opposite the Desterro Church), in Campo Grande.
