AFROCENTRIC COMMUNITY LIBRARIES
TERRITORIES OF RESISTANCE TO DISINFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS RACISM
Keywords:
biblioteca comunitária afrocentrada, racismo religioso, desinformaçãoAbstract
This research aims to discuss the relationship between the phenomenon of misinformation and its role in the spread of religious racism in Brazil, and to analyze Afrocentric community libraries as spaces that contribute to mitigating the proliferation of attacks on religions of African origin. The study is grounded in a literature review, and a multiple case study was conducted with the Afrocentric community libraries Erê and Maria da Glória - Dagó to analyze the libraries themselves. Disinformation and religious racism are discussed as tools used by dominant peoples to maintain power, while also recognizing racism as the foundation of our society's formation. Conversely, it seeks to identify a counter-path within Afrocentric community libraries that values and highlights Afro-Brazilian culture and, consequently, religions of African origin. The results presented indicate that Afrocentric community libraries are moving in this direction, serving as sites of resistance to religious racism through ethnic-racial information and Black pedagogy. The study's findings indicate that the Afrocentric community libraries analyzed contribute to combating misinformation that fuels attacks on religions of African origin by making use of their collections and practices directed towards black culture.