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UNESCO at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024
UNESCO joins the Guadalajara International Book Fair (), one of the most important literary festivals in Ibero-America, with different activities, including discussions on challenges of renewed educational frameworks, linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as guidance on digital transformations.
Yalitza Aparicio, teacher, actress, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Indigenous Peoples, will present the bilingual version in Otomi (Hñähñu) and Spanish of What Makes Us Human? The first Mexican edition of the Víctor D. O. Santos book illustrated by Anna Forlati is part of an ongoing publishing project in several languages and different countries with UNESCO as part of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022–2032.
UNESCO Program at the FIL Guadalajara
November 30 to December 8, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Stand HH27. International Area. Expo Guadalajara.
A read-aloud session with Irene Vasco
Writer and reading advocate, winner of the 2024 SM Ibero-American Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.
11:00 AM. UN Stand, HH27. International Area. Expo Guadalajara.
Launch and Presentation of the Spanish Version of the Global Report on teachers: addressing teacher shortages and transforming the profession.
6:00 PM. Hall B. International Area. Expo Guadalajara.
Participants:
- Rosa Wolpert, National Education Officer, UNESCO Mexico.
- Cecilia Espinosa Bonilla, Director of Fundación SM Mexico.
Launch of the SDG Reading Club
11:00 AM. FIL Press Room.
Participants:
- Marisol Schulz, President of FIL Guadalajara.
- Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.
- Peter Grohmann, UN Resident Coordinator in Mexico.
- Karine Pansa, President of the International Publishers Association.
- Hugo Setzer, President of CANIEM.
- Carolina Ballester, Executive Director, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).
- Mariana Morales Guerra, Technical Director, IBBY Mexico.
- María Andrea Giovine, Director, National Library of Mexico/UNAM.
- Carmen Morales, Director of UNIC Mexico.
- Rosa Wolpert, National Education Officer, UNESCO Mexico.
- Fernando Carrera, UNICEF Representative in Mexico.
- Christel Guczka, Children's book writer.
20th SM Ibero-American Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
6:30 PM. Hall 3. National Area. Expo Guadalajara.
A read-aloud session of What Makes Us Human? with Yalitza Aparicio
Especially for children and families.
1:00 PM. Hall 4. National Area. Expo Guadalajara.
Panel discussion: We Dream in Different Languages: The Political Dimension of Languages
FIL Pensamiento programme.
5:00 PM. Barceló Hotel Auditorium.
Participants:
- Yásnaya Aguilar, linguist and writer.
- Liliana Ancalao, poet, writer, and teacher.
- Mikeas Sánchez, poet, activist, and radio host.
- Jordi Martí Grau, Spain State Secretary for Culture.
- Viridiana García, UNESCO National Communication and Information Officer in Mexico.
Discussion on What Makes Us Human with Yalitza Aparicio
After the book presentation by Ana Paola López Birlain, Secretary of Culture for Querétaro State, and Aurelio Núñez, linguist and translator.
8:00 PM. Juan Rulfo Auditorium. Expo Guadalajara.
12th Indigenous Literature of the Americas Prize 2024, honouring Mexican Tzotzil poet Ruperta Bautista Vázquez
4:00 PM. Hall 3. National Area.
Award by the University of Guadalajara, the National Institute of Indigenous Languages (INALI), the Ministry of Culture of Mexico, the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI), and the Jalisco ministries for Education and Culture.
Presentation of Personal Data and the Rights of Children in the Information Society: Consent and Digital Services
Preface by Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences.
11:00 AM. UN Stand, HH27. International Area. Expo Guadalajara.
Yalitza will host a read-aloud session and engage in dialogue with children and families. She will also discuss linguistic diversity in a second activity, following the presentation of the book edition by the Querétaro State Editorial Fund. This event celebrates her return to FIL Guadalajara after four years when she participated in the launching event of the second edition of the book Mexico and UNESCO. UNESCO and Mexico: A History of a Relationship as part of the Organization 75th anniversary.
Moreover, the SM Foundation and UNESCO will launch the Spanish version of the Global Report on Teachers. The document helps countries address the global demand for teachers, increasing interest in teaching and improving their training. It highlights the crucial need for 44 million primary and secondary teachers worldwide by 2030 to achieve SDG4 Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education.
The FIL Pensamiento section will host a debate with Indigenous women writers and activists, Yásnaya Aguilar from the Ayuujk People, Mikeas Sánchez from the Otetzame People and Liliana Ancalao from the Mapuche People in Argentina, joint with UNESCO and Spain, the Guest of Honor at FIL Guadalajara 2024.
About Guadalajara
Guadalajara was named UNESCO World Book Capital in 2022 upon recommendation by the Advisory Committee of the World Book Capital. It has been a UNESCO Creative City in Digital Arts since 2017 for its creative and cultural ecosystem, public policies, and collective actions by civil society.
