Marina Garone Gravier
Election
Position
Name
Marina Garone Gravier
Candidate statement
I am pleased to announce my interest to participate in the work of SHARP as Director of Transnational Affairs. I want to tell you that I have been a member of the organization since 2011, and since 2014 I have been the representative for Mexico. I had the opportunity to attend the meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the first one held in Latin America; I participated as a panelist in the international congress held in Antwerp in 2014, and I was co-organizer (representing UNAM and the National Library of Mexico) of the meeting held in Monterrey (Mexico). Those face-to-face activities -and the attentive reading of the organization's mailing list- has allowed me to be in contact and meet numerous colleagues from all over the world, I have been able to share information with them, contribute some opinions and hear others, but above all learn a little of how much is being done around the world of books at the international level.
I believe, however, that in the historical moments we are living in worldwide, the importance of associations such as ours, organizations that claim to have an international perspective, have additional challenges and a great set of opportunities. Organizations of global scope must privilege all possible channels of dialogue, solidarity, tolerance, understanding of diversity and respect. In all fields of knowledge and culture, these values are not debatable, they are a constant and resounding necessity.
In addition to the duties outlined in the bylaws for the role of Director of Transnational Affairs, in accordance with the Board, some of the opportunities that may open up for SHARP in this complex scenario are: to strengthen linguistic diversity in communications and institutional actions; to stimulate, promote and disseminate the organization of activities in virtual format, with free and open access among members, as well as the exchange of information on the topics that interest us.
I believe that the experience I have been able to develop and obtain over the years in the various management and coordination positions I have held (co-founder and co-director of the Latin American Network of Graphic Culture, 2017-2022, co-representative for Argentina of Association Typographique Internationale, AtypI, 2012-2014 and currently as Scientific Advisor in the Gender and Publishing line of the Regional Center for Book Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean -Cerlalc) will be useful for the performance of the Director of Transnational Affairs, if so determined by the members in the election.
Bio
PhD in Art History (UNAM). Full researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas (UNAM), where she founded the research groups: Seminario Interdisciplinario de Bibliología (2012) and Mujeres y Estudios del libro (2024). She co-founded the Latin American Network of Graphic Culture (2017). She is a corresponding researcher at the Institute of American Art and Aesthetic Research, University of Buenos Aires, Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, level III and full member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
Her research interests are: history of the book, publishing, typography and the visual and material culture of the book in Latin America, and the relationship between book history, bibliography and gender. She is author, co-author, coordinator and editor of more than 15 books, and more than 100 chapters and academic articles.
She has received awards such as the Award for Best Doctoral Thesis in Social Anthropology (CIESAS and UV, 2011), the García Cubas Award (INAH, 2013), the Distinction of the CANIEM to the “Publishing Initiative of the Year 2020” for “Cultura Editorial en México. Sound Stories”. She has received grants such as the John Alden Memorial Fellowship and Maria Elena Cassiet Fund (John Carter Brown Library, 2018) and the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History (APHA, 2021).
I believe, however, that in the historical moments we are living in worldwide, the importance of associations such as ours, organizations that claim to have an international perspective, have additional challenges and a great set of opportunities. Organizations of global scope must privilege all possible channels of dialogue, solidarity, tolerance, understanding of diversity and respect. In all fields of knowledge and culture, these values are not debatable, they are a constant and resounding necessity.
In addition to the duties outlined in the bylaws for the role of Director of Transnational Affairs, in accordance with the Board, some of the opportunities that may open up for SHARP in this complex scenario are: to strengthen linguistic diversity in communications and institutional actions; to stimulate, promote and disseminate the organization of activities in virtual format, with free and open access among members, as well as the exchange of information on the topics that interest us.
I believe that the experience I have been able to develop and obtain over the years in the various management and coordination positions I have held (co-founder and co-director of the Latin American Network of Graphic Culture, 2017-2022, co-representative for Argentina of Association Typographique Internationale, AtypI, 2012-2014 and currently as Scientific Advisor in the Gender and Publishing line of the Regional Center for Book Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean -Cerlalc) will be useful for the performance of the Director of Transnational Affairs, if so determined by the members in the election.
Bio
PhD in Art History (UNAM). Full researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas (UNAM), where she founded the research groups: Seminario Interdisciplinario de Bibliología (2012) and Mujeres y Estudios del libro (2024). She co-founded the Latin American Network of Graphic Culture (2017). She is a corresponding researcher at the Institute of American Art and Aesthetic Research, University of Buenos Aires, Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, level III and full member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
Her research interests are: history of the book, publishing, typography and the visual and material culture of the book in Latin America, and the relationship between book history, bibliography and gender. She is author, co-author, coordinator and editor of more than 15 books, and more than 100 chapters and academic articles.
She has received awards such as the Award for Best Doctoral Thesis in Social Anthropology (CIESAS and UV, 2011), the García Cubas Award (INAH, 2013), the Distinction of the CANIEM to the “Publishing Initiative of the Year 2020” for “Cultura Editorial en México. Sound Stories”. She has received grants such as the John Alden Memorial Fellowship and Maria Elena Cassiet Fund (John Carter Brown Library, 2018) and the Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History (APHA, 2021).