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Qu’est-ce que le commerce équitable aujourd’hui ? Qui en sont les principaux acteurs ? Quel est son avenir ? Autant de questions auxquelles ce livre se propose de répondre à travers sept expériences sur le terrain dans différentes régions du monde. Au gré de ce voyage, le lecteur partira notamment au Chiapas au cœur d’une petite organisation de producteurs de café, en Bolivie au sein d’une exploitation de quinoa, en Inde pour explorer des formes moins traditionnelles de commerce équitable…

Cet ouvrage invite à découvrir les multiples visages d’un mouvement en pleine expansion qui cherche à retrouver l’humain derrière le consommateur, la communauté derrière le producteur et à redéfinir le lien social et politique entre ceux qu’on a trop longtemps réduits à des agents économiques désincarnés. En marge des critiques stériles qui l’assaillent ces dernières années, mais sans pour autant glisser dans un discours idéalisé, les auteurs offrent de réfléchir aux enjeux que le commerce équitable soulève en regard des appels à un commerce international plus juste et des possibilités d’un marché alternatif fondé sur d’autres valeurs.

Corinne GENDRON est professeure titulaire au département Stratégie, responsabilité sociale et environnementale à l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) et titulaire de la Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable. Elle a écrit plusieurs ouvrages et articles sur le commerce équitable ainsi que sur le développement durable et la responsabilité sociale. Elle intervient régulièrement en qualité d’experte auprès d’organismes privés et publics au Québec et à l’international.

Socio-économiste spécialisé en économie solidaire et en commerce équitable, Arturo PALMA TORRES est actuellement expert associé au CRIDA (France) et consultant au ministère du Développement agraire brésilien. Il est membre du mouvement pour l’économie solidaire en France et du réseau international ALOE (Alliance pour une économie pluriel, responsable et solidaire).

Titulaire d’une maîtrise en sciences de l’environnement, Véronique BISAILLPON est coordonnatrice de la Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable de l’École des sciences de la gestion de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM).

Date de publication : 2009, 274 pages, 14 X 21,5 cm, ISBN : 978-2-84377-148-4

Ousmane Sy retrace ici son parcours, celui d’un passeur hors normes, passeur entre l’action et la réflexion, entre l’Afrique et le monde, entre le passé et l’avenir. Dans cet ouvrage à la plume vive, sans appel, nourrie d’expériences personnelles, Ousmane Sy construit de véritables alternatives : une décentralisation authentique, une réforme radicale de l’État, une intégration régionale construite par les peuples, le refondation de l’aide internationale. C’est un véritable projet pour le Mali et pour l’Afrique qu’il nous propose.

Préface de Pierre CALAME

Date de publication : 2009, 224 pages, 14 X 21,5 cm

On Monday 12 October 2009, the Alliance brought together the five language network coordinators and six members of the Board. This meeting, prepared in advance by the permanent staff, was an opportunity to address several core issues for our movement. A French version of the minutes in full – including the verbatim of this long and exciting day of work – was sent to the participants. They wished however to have a communiqué, summing up the main points discussed and decisions taken together, drawn up in three languages for circulation among all members of the Alliance.

Un homme - pourtant féroce adversaire de l’animisme - confie à un ancien camarade du parti : « J’ai été ensorcelé par mon oncle paternel ». Un autre, Likibi, est jugé pour avoir empêché la pluie de tomber sur son village : accusé d’être féticheur, il est exécuté. Un gardien d’usine fait l’éloge de la Révolution rouge sans en comprendre un traître mot : son zèle lui sera fatal...
Avec une ironie mordante et un ton décalé, ce recueil de huit nouvelles évoque la déroute des jeunes États africains et les désillusions qui ont suivi les indépendances. Autant de portraits d’hommes et de femmes qu’Emmanuel Dongala parvient à saisir avec justesse et humanité. Le style est faussement naïf, les situations parfois loufoques... et si l’auteur s’autorise des échappées poétiques - liées à sa passion du jazz - le constat reste souvent pessimiste derrière l’humour doux-amer de l’écriture.

Né en 1941, Emmanuel Dongala a grandi au Congo-Brazzaville et vit aujourd’hui aux États-Unis. Il est l’auteur de plusieurs romans, dont Les petits garçons naissent aussi des étoiles et Johnny Chien Méchant, parus au Serpent à plumes.

Date de publication de la version panafricaine : 2009, 204 pages, 11,5 X 19 cm

Un cadavre dans un bunker : celui du chef de l’État, N’Zo Nikiema. Un mystère : celui du meurtre de la petite Kaveena, fille unique de la maîtresse du président défunt. Le colonel Asante Kroma, chef de la police, va devoir démêler les sombres arcanes d’un système dont il a aussi été l’un des rouages.
Kaveena, long monologue lucide et désespéré, dit de manière implacable l’Afrique meurtrie, aux mains de politiciens locaux et étrangers, brutaux, avides, sans merci. Un roman courageux et sans concession.

Auteur sénégalais né en 1946, Boubacar Boris Diop s’est imposé comme un écrivain majeur de l’Afrique contemporaine. Il a écrit plusieurs romans, dont Murambi, Le livre des ossements (Stock, 1997) et Doomi Golo, écrit en wolof (Papyrus, 2003) et paru en français aux éditions Philippe Rey en 2009.

Date de publication de la version panafricaine : 2009, 382 pages, 11,5 X 19 cm

In view of the worrying situation in Iran and the attacks on freedom of expression, the publishers of the Alliance wish to express their solidarity with their Iranian colleagues. They demand the right to publish freely and call for increased cultural and editorial exchanges with Iran.

The Alliance language network coordinators will meet in Paris on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13d of October 2009. This meeting comes further to a request formulated by the publishers at the International Assembly of Independent Publishing (July 2007), who wished that the coordinators could meet the members of the Alliance’s Board.

Language network coordinators :

• Nouri Abid, Tunisia (Med Ali), coordinator of the Arabic-language network ;
• Marc Favreau, United States (The New Press), coordinator of the English-language network ;
• Guido Indij, Argentina (la marca editora), coordinator of the Spanish-language network ;
• Serge D. Kouam, Cameroon (Presses universitaires d’Afrique), coordinator of the French-language network ;
• Cristina Warth, Brazil (Pallas), coordinator of the Portuguese-language network.

Comment, dans le contexte de la mondialisation, l’humanité peut-elle concilier les nécessités économiques avec le fait incontournable que les ressources naturelles sont limitées ? C’est la question que pose Pierre Calame dans cet ouvrage.

Le présent ouvrage a reçu le label « Le livre équitable », qui symbolise cette solidarité entre éditeurs – solidarité qui mobilise aussi indirectement les lecteurs : c’est parce qu’il est vendu 25 € en France que le présent livre peut être acheté moitié moins cher en République de Guinée.

Date de publication : 2009,
608 pages,
14 X 21,6 cm

As the official campaign for the next European elections is being launched, the Alliance has decided to get involved in a positive fashion by formulating three proposals that would be very simple to implement.

These proposals have furthermore been published on the website http://challengeforeurope.blogactiv.eu, with dozens of others, on the initiative of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation in the framework of its “What kind of Europe do we want ?” program. Let us hope this impressive corpus of proposals will be a profitable inspiration to the EU’s future elected representatives !

About the project :
‘Publishing & Book Culture in Africa’ is a new project headed by Caroline Davis, Associate Professor in Publishing, Department of Information Studies, Centre for Publishing, at University College London. With the support of a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship – and in association with Beth le Roux, Associate Professor of Publishing Studies at the University of Pretoria in South Africa – the intention is to set up a virtual network bringing together publishing researchers/educators across Africa. The network will serve as a platform of linking researchers, as well as a way of accessing databases of information about publishing in Africa ; and to provide information about ongoing and past projects and open-access publications and research resources, including those generated by current research projects. A responsive and mobile-friendly project website ’Publishing & Book Culture in Africa’ is shortly to be launched.

As part of a wide range of resources to be made available, Hans Zell was commissioned to create the Repository, and which is now freely accessible in a Pilot edition on the Hans Zell web pages for a limited period of time. The final version will be hosted on the Network’s website later in the year.

Read more here.

Access the Pilot edition here

Read the content here :

• Introduction
• Kenya : Muthoni Garland ; †Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye ; Ruth Makotsi
• Liberia : Elma Shaw
• Mozambique : Sandra Tamele
• Nigeria : Enajite Efemuaye ; †Irene Fatayi-Williams ; Azafi Omolabi-Ogosi ; Mabel Segun
• South Africa : Michele Betty ; Henrietta Dax ; Dorothy Dyer ; Vangile Gantsho ; Eve Gray ; Veronica Klipp ; Elizabeth le Roux ; Alison Lowry ; Gill Moodie ; Alice Wairimū Nderitū ; Lorato Trok ; Elitha van der Sandt
• Uganda : Nyana Kakoma ; Crystal Rutangye ; Hilda Twongyeirwe
• Zambia : Fay Gadsden
• Zimbabwe : Kathy Bond-Stewart ; Trish Mbanga ; Emma O’Beirne

Available in a pre-print version at : https://www.academia.edu/76616001/Women_in_African_Publishing_and_the_Book_Trade_A_Series_of_Profiles_Series_II

Pre-print version uploaded on Academia.edu April 2022
Final print/online version to appear in The African Book Publishing Record,
Volume 48, Issue 2, (June 2022) https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/abpr

Copyright © Hans Zell Publishing Consultants 2022

Read here the Serie I : Women in African Publishing and the Book Trade : A Series of Profiles, by Hans M. Zell, October 2020

The Independent Publishing Glossary is a collective project led by publishers from the Spanish-language network of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers.

It shows the meanings and definitions of words commonly used in publishing. It is an evolving project, which will be enriched over time in order to include new concepts and to take into account other proposal for definitions. The idea is not to freeze or petrify the concepts, but to open them up to enhance their multiple meanings.

Each term is signed by the person who worked on the definition. The glossary was edited by Germán Gacio Baquiola (Corredor Sur Editorial, Ecuador / Colectivo Editores independientes de Ecuador), Teresa Gottlieb, (Editorial Maitri, Chile), Paulo Slachevsky (Lom Ediciones, Chile) and Miguel Villafuerte, (Editorial Blanca, Ecuador).

To order this title digitally (in French), it’s here !
Sales price (digital copy – PDF version) : 5 Euros
ISBN : 978-2-490855-27-8

Publication : February 2022

Presentation
The world of books and writing is not necessarily diverse. Like all places of power, whether real or symbolic, it does not escape the forms of exclusion and predation that can be observed elsewhere in society.
By deliberately favouring a plurality of approaches to the question of inclusion, this issue of the journal attempts to explore a multidimensional phenomenon. Thus, whether through feminism, indigenousness, the LGBTQ+ movement or by considering those excluded from the written word, the authors question the inclusive capacity of this sector.
Beyond the observations, they propose practical examples (collected in France, Quebec, Belgium, Spain, India...) to promote inclusion : the establishment of a gender editor within an editorial office, the creation of a native publishing house, the management of bookshops, publishing houses or feminist or gay journals, the reflection of librarians on the conditions of reception of minorities, etc.
Little by little, thanks to these many initiatives, often without wanting to polemicise or to whitewash issues, professionals are fighting discrimination daily and promoting the expression of real diversity.

“Bibliodiversité” is co-published by Double ponctuation and the International Alliance of Independent Publishers.

See all the other issues of the journal here (“The alternatives. Ecology, social economy : the future of the book ?”, “Minority languages”, "Public book policies”, “Self-publishing”, “Publishing and commitment”, “Translation and Globalization”...)

Discover publishers’ backgrounds, get to know their work and their publications, and listen to the voice of independent publishers… by reading the exclusive publishers portraits in this section !

In partnership with the online magazine ActuaLitté, interviews with publishers member of the Alliance are regularly added here. Explore the interviews :
* Élodie Comtois (Écosociété publishers in Québec),
* Samar Haddad (Atlas Publishing in Syria),
* Marie Michèle Razafintsalama (Jeunes malgaches in Madagascar),
* Constanza Brunet (Marea Editorial in Argentina),
* Antoinette Koleva (KX Critique & Humanism in Bulgaria),
* Karine Joseph (Sirocco in Morocco),
* Colleen Higgs (Modjaji Books in South Africa),
* François Nkémé (Proximité in Cameroon),
* Aliou Sow (Ganndal, Guinea Conakry),
* Ritu Menon (Women Unlimited in India).
* Ivana Jinkings (Boitempo in Brazil),
* Sophie Bazin and Johary Ravaloson (Dodo vole in Madagascar),
* Dorota Hartwich (Format in Poland),
* Amanda Crocker (Between the Lines, Canada),
* Dieulermesson Petit Frère (LEGS Édition, Haiti),
* Corinne Fleury (Atelier des nomades, Mauritius),
* Abdulai Sila (Ku Si Mon, Guinea Bissau),
* Susan Hawthorne (Spinifex Press, Australia),
* Dan Bomboko (Elondja, Democratic Republic of Congo).

To order this title digitally, it’s here !
Sales price (digital copy – PDF version) : 5 Euros
ISBN : 978-2-490855-11-7

Sales price (hardcopy) : 15 Euros
Format : 14,5 X 21 cm ; 236 pages
ISBN : 978-2-490855-10-0

Publication : February 2021

“Bibliodiversité” is co-published by Double ponctuation and the International Alliance of Independent Publishers.

See all the other issues of the journal here (“Minority languages”, "Public book policies”, “Self-publishing”, “Publishing and commitment”, “Translation and Globalization”...)

Presentation
At a time when environmental concerns are becoming more and more important and when traditional production patterns are increasingly being questioned, is there such a thing as an ecological, responsible and solidarity book ?
At a time when a significant proportion of printed books end up unread and when the physical flow of books generates significant greenhouse gas emissions, printers, publishers, booksellers and distributors are questioning their practices and the impact they have.
They are proposing alternatives to the dominant system to respond to these challenges – and thus define the future of the book ?

In just this past month, three prominent Iranian writers, translators, and members of the Association of Iranian Writers, Bektash Abtin, Kayvan Bazhan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi, and journalist and sociology researcher, Khosrow Sadeghi Boroujeni, have been sentenced to prison on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and gathering and collusion with the intent of acting against national security.”

These accusations, which have led to long prison sentences and the charges levied are false. Their objectives are to further oppress writers and the people of Iran.
At a time when the world is under crisis by the pandemic, Iran, and especially within its prisons has a very unstable environment, with the increasing spread of Coronavirus among inmates.

We as authors and scholars would like to ask you to let the voices of our fellow authors in prison be heard by the people of the world and to demand their immediate release.

• Daryoush Ashouri, Author, Translator and the Co-founder of the Association of Iranian Writers
• Ervand Abrahamian, Author and Professor Emeritus, City University of New York
• Azar Nafisi, Author
• Faraj Sarkohi, Writer, Journalist, Literature Critic ; A Member of German Pen ; The Recipient of Kurt-Tucholsky-prize ; World Association of Newspapers’ Golden Pen of Freedom Award and World Press Freedom
• Hero by International Press Institute
• Akram Pedramnia, Author, Translator ; A Member of Pen Canada ; the Recipient of James Joyce Foundation Scholar
• Moniro Ravanipour, Author
• Mohsen Yalfani, Author and Translator
• Nasim Khaksar, Author and Critic
• Reza Allamehzadeh, Moviemaker and Writer
• Morad Farhadpour, Author, Translator and Critical Theorist
• Akbar Masoumbaigi, Author, Translator and a Member of the Association of Iranian Writers
• Babak Ahmadi, Author, Translator and Philosophy Researcher
• Peyman Vahabzadeh, Author and Professor, University of Victoria
• Sohrab Behdad, Denison University, USA
• Farshin Kazeminia, Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6)
• Amir Kianpour, PhD Candidate, University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis
• Mehran Mostafavi, Sacly University (Paris), Professor
• Iman Ganji, PhD in Art Philosophy and Philosophy Researcher, Free University of Berlin
• Mehrdad Darvishpour, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Sociologist, Mälardalen University
• Farhad Nomani, Professor Emeritus of Economics, The American University of Paris
• Soheil Asefi, Journalist and PhD student in History, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York (CUNY)
• Saeed Hariri, Moderator, Toronto Book Club
• Azadeh Parsapour, Translator, Editor and Publisher
• Arash Kia, Faculty of Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Women in African Publishing and the Book Trade : A Series of Profiles, by Hans M. Zell, October 2020

Read here the content :

• Ghana : Deborah Ahenkorah ; Ama Dadson ; Akoss Offori-Mensah
• Kenya : Serah Mwangi ; Janet Njoroge ; Lily Nyariki ; †Asenath Bole Odaga
• Namibia : Jane Katjavivi
• Nigeria : Bibi Bakare-Yusuf ; †Flora Nwapa ; Anwuli Ojogwu ; Oluronke Orimalade ; Lola Shoneyin
• Rwanda : Louise Umutoni
• South Africa : Colleen Higgs ; Bridget Impey ; Thabiso Mahlape ; Monica Seeber ; Annari van der Merwe ; Zukiswa Wanner
• Tanzania : Elieshi Lema
• Uganda : Goretti Kyomuhendo
• Zimbabwe : Jane Morris ; Irene Staunton

This pre-print version uploaded on Academia.edu on 12 October 2020
Final print/online version to appear in The African Book Publishing Record,Volume 47, Issue 1, (March 2021) - https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/abpr

Copyright © Hans Zell Publishing Consultants 2020

Read here the IPA (International Publishers Association) support, and here the manifesto published by the Brazilian actors, to defend the book in Brazil.

Analysis of data collected in 10 countries from independent publishers and public actors, by Andrés E. Fernández Vergara (University of Chile)

This article, written in Spanish, offers a regional analysis of public policies for the development of books and reading in Spanish-speaking Latin America, from the point of view of 53 actors in the book world from 10 different countries. It takes into account the similarities and differences that exist from one country to another in the region : on the one hand, there are complex networks of institutions and book promotion mechanisms ; on the other hand, there is no national policy or strategic objective. The actors interviewed highlight the difficulties they encounter in their sector today : market concentration, piracy, lack of support for indigenous languages, etc. These are all dangers that threaten bibliodiversity in the region.

Contents :

• Methodology
• Censorship and content control
• Laws, public policies and regulatory mechanisms for books and reading
• Institutions and organisations working in the fields of books and reading
• Direct support and assistance for books and reading
• Copyright Legislation
• Organisation of the profession
• Conclusion

This analysis is to be found in a special issue of the Bibliodiversity Journal on “Public book policies” available in paper and digital versions (in French).

See also the analysis on “Public book policies in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar” by Luc Pinhas, published in September 2019.

To complement these analyses, see the mapping of public policies and in-country support mechanisms here : publicbookpolicies.alliance-editeurs.org

Data collection in the 11 countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar as well as in Latin America, cross-sectional data analyses and online mapping were supported by the Fondation de France and the SDC Switzerland.