Segue texto de Reshmy, indiana que esta ha seis meses em Mocambique ministrando aulas na Universidade Estadual de Maputo, onde demos oficinas de confeccao de livros.Faca-se a ressalva que devido ao pouco tempo que tivemos para conversar com ela, algumas ideias minhas parecem nao ter ficado claras para ela, que afirmou no texto sermos uma organizacao sem fins lucrativos. Fique claro, entao, para os que nao conhecem Dulcineia Catadora, que somos um coletivo artistico. Feita a ressalva, vale a pena ler e nao posso deixar de fazer meu agradecimento a Reshmy.The Cardboard Community by Reshmy Majumdar*Cardboard is rarely considered a material we associate any form of communication in general. But the seven days of Livro de cartao workshop conducted by the Department of Images and Communication, UEM, Maputo, that took place from 16, April till 20, April was an eye opener. Here we learnt about the Cartoneras whose defining attribute is trash aesthetics of hand painted books made from reused cardboards! The success of cartonera projects have proved that there is an alternative to the predatory forms of globalization.Lucia Rosa (of Dulcineia Catadora, Brazil) , Beatriz Martinez (of Meninas Cartoneras, Spain) and Paulo Guambe (of Kutsemba Cartao, Mozambique) and Jose dos Remedios were invited to guide the students of UEM on this green, innovative project and also share their vision on its sustainability in the present politico-economic landscape of Mozambique. For the uninitiated, the above are private non-profit organizations involved in social, economic and literary practices that make a difference in the lives of the impoverished and unemployed.The students who attended this workshop learnt new ways on how to reuse cardboards, magazine covers and use them for making books. Through this collaborative learning process, participants learnt from their Latin American trainers to embrace the cardboard medium and bind collection of short stories, poems in different layouts that fit into various themes of human aesthetic senses. Lucia showed how to camouflage magazine prints used in the covers with coats of paints and embellish them with glitter papers to add that personal touch. Talking about her group in Sao Paulo, Brazil she says In Dulcineia Catadora we always work together exchanging ideas. We purchase cardboards from cartoneras and from it cut out book covers and get in touch with writers for short stories, articles, poems and novels. So these editorial projects are both educative learning the different stages involved in making a book: graphic design, cutting, binding, painting and also the process of distribution, sales, and there is also an attempt to construct an alternative economic ethos through which people work cooperatively and generate genuine work.In her session, Beatriz taught Japanese technique to our enthusiastic bookbinders. Using nylon threads, she showed different patterns of stitching which enhanced the unique artistic qualities of each individual book cover. Arsenio, a former linguistics student, who participated in this workshop felt that the Japanese style involves more materials than the Brazilian one which is more practical. But this artist from Meninas Cartoneras, emphasized that her group is particularly interested in recycling magazines, newspapers and create a collage for