Mediação de leitura em tempos de pandemia: relato de experiência do projeto Resiliência Literária na biblioteca da UTFPR

Abstract

The study presents the experience report of the extension project “Literary Resilience” developed by the library of the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Dois Vizinhos. The project was proposed as a way to face the social distance imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming at the digital reception of academic and external communities, through the mediation of reading of literary texts, thus, trying to help to reduce stress and the feeling of loneliness, anxiety and other negative feelings caused by social isolation. It presents the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): WhatsApp application and the Google Meet videoconferencing tools, both used to mediate literary reading and educational actions. As a methodology, the descriptive method was used to report the development of activities. The results indicate that the individuals participating in the extension project "Literary Resilience" felt welcomed by the library team and that the individual reflections and those shared during the virtual meetings, and the statements of the professionals invited in the virtual meetings via Google Meet helped the participants to face the moments of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also contributed with new learning, which enriched intellect and provided new literary experiences from the different interpretations and views of the world, which directly influences the subjects’ cultural and citizen development. Therefore, we expect that the present paper encourages university libraries to use ICTs to promote cultural actions and projects aimed at the training readers and encouraging literary reading.