Sensur i ukrainske bibliotek?

Wed Feb 15 15:52:13 CET 2023

Takk, Frode
Og vi er godt nøgde med .p.t. 205 nedlastingar av denne.
Pluss 41 av den norskspråklege varianten:
https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2023/02/11/utreinsing-av-boker-som-vapen-i-krig/

KAN det faktisk bli debatt??

Anders

Hilsen
Anders Ericson
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https://bibliotekettarsaka.com

ons. 15. feb. 2023 kl. 12:39 skrev Frode Bakken <Frode.Bakken at usn.no>:

> En meget viktig meldin på Ericsons blogg i dag:
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> Book Purges as a Weapon of War
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>
> <https://i0.wp.com/bibliotekettarsaka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Skjermbilde-2023-02-11-kl.-10.25.06.png?ssl=1>*Did
> Dostoevsky lay the foundations of the “Russian world ” and Russian
> messianism?* Illustration by V. Perov in public domain.
>
> By Anders Ericson and Mikael Böök
>
> On 7 February, at a Swedish professional forum for librarians, the first,
> incredulous, reaction was given to the claim that Ukrainian librarians are
> now dumping Russian books* in their millions*. The source was Eura
> <https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/ukraine-withdraws-19-million-russian-soviet-era-books-from-libraries/>
> ctiv.com
> <https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/ukraine-withdraws-19-million-russian-soviet-era-books-from-libraries/>.
> But we also found the story on Newsweek
> <https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/kulturbyen-oslo/pressreleases/ukraina-gir-bokgave-til-deichman-3224780>,
> and they were in doubt: “Has Ukraine Banned 19 Million Russian Books From
> its Libraries?” They wrote that the claim “is missing important context”.
>
> Others mentioned the figure 11 million. Rumours also varied about what
> kind of literature is or will be removed. Newsweek summarises: “Without
> more detailed information, we cannot know whether all the banned books were
> by Russian authors or about Russia, whether 19 million separate books were
> banned, or how much of the Russian-language books will be replaced by
> Ukrainian editions.”
>
> But as early as 23 May last year, Interfax-Ukraine published
> <https://interfax.com.ua/news/interview/834181.html> (in Ukrainian) a
> very comprehensive plan to discard not just pro-Russian literature, but
> most Russian literature, including classics, *totalling 100 (one hundred)
> million books*. The Ukrainian Istitute of Mass Information (IMI)
> published a summary of the interview her
> <https://imi.org.ua/en/news/more-than-100-million-propaganda-books-to-be-withdrawn-from-libraries-book-institute-director-i45735>
> e
> <https://imi.org.ua/en/news/more-than-100-million-propaganda-books-to-be-withdrawn-from-libraries-book-institute-director-i45735>
> .
>
> The following quotations from the interview are based on our own
> translation (with help from DeepL.com) of the interview from
> Interfax-Ukraina. The interviewee is Ms Oleksandra Koval who is the head of
> the Ukrainian Book Institute and the title of the interview is: “Director
> of UIK Koval: Books are weapons, either defensive or offensive.”
>
> Based on what we get from our translation, Koval provided other figures,
> more context and fuller information than Euractiv and Newsweek revealed or
> discussed almost one year later.
>
> The Ukrainian authorities might have modified their plan since last May,
> but we see no reason to believe so. On the contrary, a recent report in The
> Times with the title “On the front line of Ukraine’s cultur
> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/war-in-ukraine-on-the-front-line-of-a-countrys-cultural-de-russification-pgl0bz96x>al
> de-Russification
> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/war-in-ukraine-on-the-front-line-of-a-countrys-cultural-de-russification-pgl0bz96x>”
> suggests that the plan is currently being put into full effect.
>
> Oleksandra Koval, The Director, says that
>
> *“primarily anti-Ukrainian books with imperial narratives and propaganda
> for violence, pro-Russian and Chauvinist politics [are] being removed from
> public libraries.*
>
> *The second round … will include books by contemporary Russian authors
> published in Russia after 1991. Probably of different genres, including
> books for children, romance novels and detective stories. This is an
> obvious requirement of the times. Although I understand that they may be in
> demand.”*
>
> Asked whether this process means removing “the so-called Russian classics”
> from libraries, the director said there were many opponents to this, but
> according to her, no one has given enough reason why this should not be
> done:
>
> *“We read all these books.In my school some Russian classics were
> regarded as the high point of world literature. Because we had a rather
> mediocre knowledge of the world classics, many of us were left with the
> belief that without this literature it is actually impossible to
> develop the intellect and an aesthetic sense, to be an educated person.
> This is actually not true,”*
>
> According to her, it was Russian poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin
> and Fyodor Dostoevsky who laid the foundations for the “Russian world” and
> Russian messianism.
>
> *“This is actually very harmful literature, it can really influence
> people’s point of view. Therefore, my personal opinion is that these books
> should also be removed from public and school libraries. They should
> probably be kept in university and research libraries so that experts can
> study the roots of evil and totalitarianism,”*
>
> Koval also said:
>
> *“I think there will be many witty reflections and studies written about
> how the Russian classics affected the mentality of Russians and how this
> indirectly led to such an aggressive attitude and attempt to dehumanize all
> other peoples in the world, including Ukrainians.”*
>
> We should, however, take into account, Koval adds, that librarians are
> paid in accordance with the book-lending rate:
>
> *“In my opinion, the most important obstacle in the process of eliminating
> literature is not the defence of Tolstoy, but the simple, economic, but at
> the same time comprehensible interests of librarians.“*
>
> Then Koval is asked* “What about public libraries abroad? Since it is
> highly probable that Russia has worked to fill them with its own stories?“*
>
> *“- The Ukrainian state cannot impose this directly. But there is a public
> that can go to any local library and demand that certain books be removed.
> … During the first days of the war, we also appealed to the world, to
> various institutions, for a complete ban on Russian books in the world.
> Many supported the boycott, but he did not get much support among foreign
> librarians. Therefore, we must continue discussions with them.*
>
> >> On 3 March last year Mikael Böök wrote on this blog about «What
> librarians are saying about the war in Ukraine»
> <https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2022/03/03/what-librarians-are-saying-about-the-war-in-ukraine/>
> .
>
> There is also talk about the balance between languages, as there are many
> people in Ukraine who have Russian as their main language. One of the
> questions the director is asked is: *«Won’t there be more changes in this
> area, will the publishers be able to print Russian-language books?*»
>
> *– We are a democratic country, we can publish in all languages. The only
> language law is that if a book is published in Russian, the same number of
> copies must be published in Ukrainian. Perhaps it is the implementation of
> this law that has led to a significant reduction in the number of
> Russian-language publications. Obviously, it is not possible to print two
> editions, so they are printing the Ukrainian edition only.”*
>
> *
>
> This story about the book purges in Ukraine connects in a longer
> historical perspective with Amanda Laugesen’s book *Taking Books to the
> World: American Publishers and the Cultural Cold War* (2017). However,
> the interview with the head of the Ukrainian Book Institute highlights a
> tragic and dangerous cultural decline.
>
> For post-World War II US “book diplomacy” was not about *purging* books,
> but about giving access to American books, often of high scientific or
> literary quality, to countries and peoples that were still part of the
> colonial empires of the European Great powers or that had recently gained
> independence.
>
> Of course, that project also aimed at counteracting the growing influence
> of the Soviet Union and at creating goodwill for America. The project was
> carried out by “Franklin.Inc”, a militant cultural organization whose
> activities Laugesen brings to light in her book. But that’s nothing for
> librarians to complain about. That books may compete with and even fight
> against each other is not only inevitable but desirable.
>
> The purging of “100 million books” in Ukraine because they are in Russian
> or written by Russian authors, on the other hand, is avoidable and should
> be condemned.
>
> *Addendum about languages in Ukraine*
>
> The National Centre for Multicultural Education (NAFO) in Oslo: “The
> population of Ukraine is composed of several population groups. The largest
> of these are Ukrainians (77.8%) and Russians (17.3%). The official language
> of Ukraine is Ukrainian, which is reported to be the first language of
> about two-thirds of the population. About one third of the population
> declare Russian as their first language, regardless of whether they
> identify themselves as Ukrainians, Russians or others. There is also a
> large proportion of Ukrainians who know Russian as one of their foreign
> languages”.
>
> Reuters: “Russian still plays a large role in business, culture and the
> media. And it is still very widely spoken in many cities, including Kyiv,
> although the use of Russian has been increasingly restricted”.
>
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> Posted on februar 12, 2023 at 10:53 a.m. in Bibliotekaren og krigen
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> 2 Comments to “Book Purges as a Weapon of War”
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>    1.
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> *petternaess*
> februar 12, 2023 at 12:45 p.m.
> <https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2023/02/12/book-purges-as-a-weapon-of-war/#comment-131931>
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> Interesting and disturbing, and thanks for tip about Laugesens “Taking
> Books to the World.” U.S. book diplomacy targeted not only countries and
> peoples of former colonial empires, but also allied countries such as
> Norway. Francis Stonor Saunders “The Cultural Cold War” (or “Who paid the
> piper?” as the UK edition is called) is an excellent and readable history
> of that effort – clandestinely backed by the CIA – to “win hearts and
> minds” through cultural diplomacy (an effort by no means exclusive to the
> U.S., of course).
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> Svar
> <https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2023/02/12/book-purges-as-a-weapon-of-war/?replytocom=131931#respond>
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>    1.
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> *frodeba*
> februar 15, 2023 at 12:36 p.m.
> <https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2023/02/12/book-purges-as-a-weapon-of-war/#comment-131944>
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> Thank you so much for this report Ericson and Book
> In every conflict you will find people and institutions who call for
> censorship in special cases or in general
> The way further for Ukraine is not to ban fiction books from Russia or in
> russian but to fight against russian aggression now with the help of Europe
> and then later to promote ukrainian literature
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> Svar
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> *Emne:* SV: Russiske bibliotekarar bryt ingen kontaktar internasjonalt
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> *Emne:* Russiske bibliotekarar bryt ingen kontaktar internasjonalt
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> Som den første (?) under denne krigen presenterer Mikael Böök
> fråsegnene frå både dei ukrainske og russiske bibliotekforeiningane. Del
> dette internasjonalt:
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> https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2022/03/04/what-the-ukrainian-and-russian-library-associations-have-said/
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