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Abstracts
Abstract
International Book Fairs are vital for the international geography of books and allow the researcher to observe the relations of domination and the defiant practices that shape book production. This article draws on a survey and in‑depth interviews with small publishing houses from Argentina to analyze their participation in the 2020 Virtual Frankfurt Book Fair, and complements this data with an online observation of the fair. While Argentine history is rich with cases of publishers closely related to politics, we pose the question on the forms activism adopts in the twenty‑first century. This analysis engages in current debates on the links between publishing and politics, centers and peripheries, power dynamics, and on how these phenomena shift in the virtual sphere. This participation is theorized as activism practices, i.e. (i) resistance from dominant practices, (ii) an enthusiastic approach to the virtual sphere, and (iii) cooperation and reliance on institutions.
Keywords:
- Activism,
- International Geography of Books,
- Small Publishing Houses,
- Argentina,
- Virtual Sphere,
- Frankfurt Book Fair
Résumé
Les foires internationales du livre sont centrales pour la géographie internationale du livre et permettent au chercheur d’observer à la fois les rapports de domination et les pratiques de provocation qui façonnent la production du livre. Cet article s’appuie sur une enquête et des entretiens en profondeur avec des petites maisons d’édition argentines pour analyser leur participation à la Foire virtuelle du livre de Francfort de 2020, et complète ces données par une observation en ligne de la foire. L’histoire argentine regorge d’exemples d’éditeurs étroitement liés au politique, et cet article analyse l’activisme au xxie siècle. Cette analyse s’inscrit dans les débats actuels sur les rapports entre l’édition et la politique, entre centres et périphéries, les dynamiques de pouvoir, et sur ces phénomènes dans l’espace virtuel. L’article définit cette participation comme des pratiques d’activisme, c’est‑à‑dire : (i) résistance des pratiques dominantes, (ii) approche enthousiaste de la sphère numérique, et (iii) coopération et appui d’institutions.
Mots-clés :
- Activisme,
- Géographie internationale du livre,
- Petites maisons d’édition,
- Argentine,
- Espace virtuel,
- Foire du livre de Francfort
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