. @nat_collection introduces everyone to UK’s museums, archives & libraries. #CollectionsUnited you can look for themes across different collections. In this thread we give you a tour of colourful #cartonera books from Latin America @britishlibrary @SenateHouseLib @theUL & beyond.

In 2003 Buenos Aires cooperative Eloísa Cartonera https://bit.ly/2CbXkN2  started making cheap & beautiful #cartonera books. They hired cardboard-pickers in their barrio & turned salvaged material into artful design. The idea spread across the region & beyond. #CollectionsUnited

The @britishlibrary has a large collection of over 350 #cartonera books from over 10 countries in Latin America. Find out more in our blog https://bit.ly/3gEDNDL . Similar collections exist @SenateHouseLib and @theUL. #CollectionsUnited

The research project Cartonera Publishing https://bit.ly/2PuKTyV  led by @LucyBell @UniOfSurrey joined forces with @britishlibrary @SenateHouseLib @theUL to investigate and bring more #cartonera books and #bookmaking to UK audiences. #CollectionsUnited

Cartonera are Latin America’s inspiring answer to economic crisis & job losses. Recycling materials–recycling lives https://bit.ly/30yPPJl  shows a sustainable alternative to corporate publishers: make books local, let readers make books together & create opportunities for people

Making #cartonera collectively revolutionises publishing from the margins. See behind the scenes at Dulcinéia Catadora ‘How to make a cartonera book’ https://bit.ly/2PAhpQ9 

Or find out how our colleagues @theUL use #cartonera books to trigger questions about decolonising the catalogues https://bit.ly/3gC4qZX 

Cartoneras are fun for everyone. See how people small and tall engage with #cartonera making in Zacatecas, Mexico or Cambridge, UK https://bit.ly/2DxQO3A  #CollectionsUnited

Get to know @britishlibrary latest #cartonera acquisition: Padê Editorial publishes Afro-Brazilian and LGBT authors against racism and for social justice. Just before lockdown we received a shipment #ProjetoEscrevivências http://www.pade.lgbt  #CollectionsUnited