Paper Bonds
Bookmaking for Kin, Friends and Self in Contemporary Europe and the Middle East
A project developed within AV ČR-CNRS Tandem Program supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences, CNRS and CEFRES
Project principal investigators:
Hélène Martinelli (ENS Lyon / CEFRES): helene.martinelli@ens-lyon.fr
Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Orientální ústav Akademie věd České republiky): saba@orient.cas.cz
ANNOTATION
The project explores self-made books and private bookmaking practices in contemporary Europe and the Middle East, focusing on their material, symbolic and social dimensions. Adopting a genealogical perspective, it examines how non-commercial publishing and book production shape relationships, express identity and responds to political and technological change. Drawing from the disciplines of anthropology, book history and sociology of literature, the project aims to reappraise the social significance of the print book in the era of digital publishing.