Living Library

I got an email from my Finnish friend about this living library and marked with a hilarious word
"Now it's your opportunity to be useful"

I really laughed because it indirectly emphasize that I had never been useful in my life before . Lets see whether I am going to be useful or not after turned as a book in living library :)

If you want to know more about this Living Library , there it goes ......

Read it more from here http://www.rtrl.nsw.gov.au/living_library.htm

At least the Motto here Meet your own prejudice sounds amazing to me :)

The synopsis of Living Library User guide by Ronni Abergel,Antje Rothemund,Gavan Titley and
Péter Wootsch goes like below
"The Living Library works exactly like a normal library - readers come and borrow a 'book1 for a limited period of time. There is only one difference: the Books in the Living Library are human beings, and the Books and readers enter into a personal dialogue. The Books in the Living Library are people representing groups frequently confronted with prejudices and stereotypes, and who are often victims of discrimination or social exclusion. In this library, Books cannot only speak, but they are able to reply to the readers' questions, and the Books can even ask questions and learn themselves. The Living Library methodology is part of the Council of Europe's youth programme on human rights education. The philosophy of this programme contends that human rights cannot be defended by legal texts alone. They need to be protected and fostered by everyone. In order to encourage citizens to think about their own human rights and those of the Other, awareness needs to be raised in the wider public about the importance of human rights for the personal well-being of all"

you can see compleate book here -> Living Library Guide pdf format




I am going to see how it is really at May . Will write more on this in future .