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KUD Anarhiv is a non-governmental organisation established in 1999 and based at the Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone. It runs a number of mainly educational and art related programmes, predominantly aimed at children and youth, and is encouraging critical thought, self-initiative and self-education outside formal contexts. As a rule, its programmes are always available for free, as is also the use of its library.

Often, Anarhiv collaborates and relates with other institutions such as Šiška Library, MSUM, Klub Gromka, KUD Mreža, Radio Študent (RŠ), and the Slovenian Theatre Institute.

The library and the information office

The central project of Anarhiv, started even before the organisation was formally established, is the so called Elf's Reading Room (Škratova čitalnica). This is a library of varied, often hard to find books, magazines and other reading (and video) materials that deal with radical social theory, with counter-cultural and subcultural topics, and with liberatory movements relating to class, sex, race, or nature. Most of them are in English language, and are easily searchable through the search engine on the Anarhiv website.

While the reading room has been traditionally situated in a defunct library in one of the inner courtyards of Metelkova, it is now housed in the city centre, at the Kersnikova street. Additionally, some of the material that is meant for children can be reached through the so called Elf's Bibliobus (Škratov Bibliobus), a van that drives around Slovenia.

An information office is also located at the library premises, and is providing information on worker's rights, funding options, youth exchange programmes, employment possibilities, and so on. It forms a part of the Ljubljana Network of Info Points (L'MIT).

Programme activities

KUD Anarhiv is or has been involved in dozens of projects, and only some of the more recent ones are mentioned here. Among them are a French language clas, an African literature class (which focuses on reading selected literary works and then discussing their specific cultural, social and political implications), a seminar on theatre theory and practice (though mostly taking place at the Slovenian Theatre Institute, it also involves radio shows, public events, discussion with artists, etc), workshops on sound (which cover everything from sound production and recording to music publishing), a series of screenings and discussions on TV series, and so no.

A curious feature is the so called Škratmobil (Elfmobil), a mobile social-cultural platform for youth and children that drives around the Bela krajina region. Financed by the Norwegian financial mechanism, it also involves Vizo, the Črnomelj Library, and some other NGOs and cultural institutions.

=Past projects

A very important part of the KUD Anarhiv activities has always been a focus on film, with the Elf's Film School (Škratova filmska šola) taking place between 2009 and 2012 and offering an innovative combination of film theory and practice. The lectures and workshops were held throughout the year and conducted by young film theorists and film-makers. The featured lectures have led to the publishing of three collection of texts that feature not only film theory but also literary works and some more general social criticism. Selected films and documentaries were screened in collaboration with Klub Groka. Of a similar vein were also regular weekly video screenings entitled "VHS Guerilla".

Also enacted were: a reading debate circle on seminal humanities and epistemology texts (in cooperation with MSUM); a project on permacultural and self-sufficient gardening; workshops on edible food in urban areas; summer schools on feminism; lectures focused on analysing fantasy literature; and more.

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-[[KUD Anarhiv]] is a non-governmental organisation established in [[established::1999]] and based at the [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]]. It runs a number of educational and art related programmes, as well as those that encourage recognition of injustices in the society. Most of its projects are aimed at children and youth, and are often initiated and led by students and other young peoples. It seeks to empower youth by ways transmitting information and encouraging education outside formal contexts,  critical thought and self-initiative.
+[[KUD Anarhiv]] is a non-governmental organisation established in [[established::1999]] and based at the [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]]. It runs a number of mainly educational and art related programmes, predominantly aimed at children and youth, and is encouraging critical thought, self-initiative and self-education outside formal contexts. As a rule, its programmes are always available for free, as is also the use of its library.
-Its programmes are always available for free, and often involve volunteering. Often, Anarhiv collaborates and relates with other institutions such as [[Šiška Library]], [[MSUM]], [[Klub Gromka]], [[KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association]], [[Radio Študent (RŠ)]], and the [[Slovenian Theatre Institute]].
+Often, Anarhiv collaborates and relates with other institutions such as [[Šiška Library]], [[MSUM]], [[Klub Gromka]], [[KUD Mreža Arts and Culture Association|KUD Mreža]], [[Radio Študent (RŠ)]], and the [[Slovenian Theatre Institute]].
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-==The Reading room==
+==The library and the information office==
-The central project, which was actually already started some time before the organisation was formally established, is the so called Elf's Reading Room (''Škratova čitalnica''), a library of varied, and often times otherwise hard to access books and other reading materials that primarily deal with radical social theories and criticism, with counter-cultural and subcultural currents, and with with liberation movements and reflections relating to class, sex, race, or nature.
+The central project of Anarhiv, started even before the organisation was formally established, is the so called Elf's Reading Room (''Škratova čitalnica''). This is a library of varied, often hard to find books, magazines and other reading (and video) materials that deal with radical social theory, with counter-cultural and subcultural topics, and with liberatory movements relating to class, sex, race, or nature. Most of them are in English language, and are easily searchable through the search engine on the Anarhiv website.
-The Elf's Reading Room houses a growing collection of magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and video material. Most of this is in English language, and is all easily searchable through the website based search engine. While the reading room has been traditionally situated in a defunct mobile library in the inner courtyard of [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone|Metelkova]], it has recently move to the city centre and the Kersnikova street. The children material is available at the mobile Škratov Bibliobus.
+While the reading room has been traditionally situated in a defunct library in one of the inner courtyards of [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone|Metelkova]], it is now housed in the city centre, at the Kersnikova street. Additionally, some of the material that is meant for children can be reached through the so called Elf's Bibliobus (''Škratov Bibliobus''), a van that drives around Slovenia.
-At the library premises, an information office is also located, providing information on worker's rights, funding options, youth work, employment possibilities, and so on.  It forms a part of the [[Ljubljana Network of Info Points (L'MIT)]].
+An information office is also located at the library premises, and is providing information on worker's rights, funding options, youth exchange programmes, employment possibilities, and so on. It forms a part of the [[Ljubljana Network of Info Points (L'MIT)]].
 ==Programme activities==
-As KUD Anarhiv has been involved in literately dozen of projects, only some of the more recent ones are mentioned here. Amongst them are a French language class (done by way of dynamic, innovative practices), and African literature class (which involve reading selected authors and discussing their specific literary, cultural, social and political implications), a seminar on theatrical and dance theory and practice (taking place at the Slovenskem gledališkem inštitutu, and also involving radio shows, public events, discussion with artists, etc), different and numerous workshops on sound (which involves sound design and production, publishing, recording and sound mixing, etc), a series of discussion and screenings of films and/or TV series, using as a basis the television studies).
+KUD Anarhiv is or has been involved in dozens of projects, and only some of the more recent ones are mentioned here. Among them are a French language clas, an African literature class (which focuses on reading selected literary works and then discussing their specific cultural, social and political implications), a seminar on theatre theory and practice (though mostly taking place at the [[Slovenian Theatre Institute]], it also involves radio shows, public events, discussion with artists, etc), workshops on sound (which cover everything from sound production and recording to music publishing), a series of screenings and discussions on TV series, and so no.
-There is also the so called Škratmobil (Elfmobil), which prinaša pisano paleto aktivnosti, ki smo jih vsebinsko zastavili glede na specifične potrebe lokalnih skupnosti v Beli Krajini. Projekt se bo v letu 2015 izvajal v sodelovanju s partnerji: Zavod za uveljavljanje vizualne kulture Vizo, Izobraževalni center za zdravo življenje Educor, Kulturni dom Semič, Knjižnica Črnomelj, KUD Plac Metlika. It is a mobile social-cultural platform for yout and children, finaced by the Norwegian financial mechanism.
+A curious feature is the so called ''Škratmobil'' (Elfmobil), a mobile social-cultural platform for youth and children that drives around the Bela krajina region. Financed by the Norwegian financial mechanism, it also involves [[Vizo]], the [[Črnomelj Library]], and some other NGOs and cultural institutions.
 ===Past projects==
-A very important part of the KUD Anarhiv activities has always been a focus on film, with the Elf's Film School (''Škratova filmska šola''), taking place between 2009 and 2012 and offering an innovative combination of film theory and practice. The lectures and workshops are held throughout the year and are conducted by young film theorists and film-makers. It was very important for the information of the younger generation critics take on film. The 'school' has eventually led top the publishing of three collection of texts, which feature film theory as well as literary works and more. In scope of these programmes, selected films and documentaries were screened in collaboration with [[Klub Groka]]. In the same vein were regular weekly video screenings entitled "VHS Guerilla".
+A very important part of the KUD Anarhiv activities has always been a focus on film, with the Elf's Film School (''Škratova filmska šola'') taking place between 2009 and 2012 and offering an innovative combination of film theory and practice. The lectures and workshops were held throughout the year and conducted by young film theorists and film-makers. The featured lectures have led to the publishing of three collection of texts that feature not only film theory but also literary works and some more general social criticism. Selected films and documentaries were screened in collaboration with [[Klub Groka]]. Of a similar vein were also regular weekly video screenings entitled "VHS Guerilla".
-There was a reading debate circle where seminal humanities and epistemology texts are discussed (in relation to MSUM); a project on permacultural and self-sufficient gardening; creative workshops for children; workshops on edible food in urban areas; summer schools on feminism; and člectures focused on analysing fantasy literature.
+Also enacted were: a reading debate circle on seminal humanities and epistemology texts (in cooperation with [[MSUM]]); a project on permacultural and self-sufficient gardening; workshops on edible food in urban areas; summer schools on feminism; lectures focused on analysing fantasy literature; and more.
 == See also ==

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The library and the information office

Programme activities

=Past projects

See also

External links

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