{"product_id":"sala-comun-biblioteca-de-los-ausentes-on-the-knowledge-we-carry","title":"SALA COMúN: Biblioteca de los Ausentes \/ On the Knowledge We Carry","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA day with the absent, and the books they left behind.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWriters leave, but their books stay on the shelf, still speaking. For one day, Ojalá opens a curated library of writers who are no longer with us, from across Latin America to Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, alongside writers of exile and memory from Harlem to Eastern Europe. Their work carried language, land and memory across borders and generations. We gather to ask what they carried, and what we carry now.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMorning · Sala Común (9:30am–12pm, ticketed)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur monthly collective study gathering. We read together in the room, each at our own pace, then come together in conversation. No prior reading needed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhat’s included: one book from the Biblioteca to take home, chosen from the session’s featured titles.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAfternoon · Biblioteca de los Ausentes (12–5pm, free and open to all)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo ticket needed.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAt the heart of the day is a \u003cstrong\u003ebook ofrenda\u003c\/strong\u003e: an installation built from the works of writers who are no longer with us. Inspired by the ritual basketry of the Ngiwa people of San Luis Temalacayuca, Puebla, where woven tenates hold the presence of ancestors, the books are gathered in woven baskets among cempasúchil flowers. Come sit with the writers, read from the shelf, and leave a word for someone you carry.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eStay for:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive screenprinting on an original print by Ximena Amaya, with ink pressed from cempasúchil flowers by Cayetano Talavera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOracle readings by Sandy Saravia, reverential artist and cosmic channeler of the sacred, profane and unseen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCandles by Oeste Studios\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoffee by Café Santo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003ePan by Nourish the Soul Panadería\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSala Común is a monthly public-learning series at Ojalá on technology, care, culture and social transformation, hosted by sumaq alvarado del aguila. Biblioteca de los Ausentes is part of a three-part sequence supported by the Reimagining Refuge Connection Funds.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll ticket sales are final. No cancellations, refunds or exchanges will be issued for any reason.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ojalá","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":54731337924892,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3700\/9436\/files\/1792375860468_oodhpktj.png?v=1792375970","url":"https:\/\/ojala.la\/products\/sala-comun-biblioteca-de-los-ausentes-on-the-knowledge-we-carry","provider":"Ojalá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}