The Origins of the Human Library:
The Human Library or Menneskebiblioteket as it is called in Danish, was developed in Copenhagen in the Spring of 2000. The library was created for the Roskilde Festival by brothers Ronni and Dany Abergel and colleagues Asma Mounda and Christoffer Erichsen. These friends first created a organization called "Stop the Violence", which was created after a friend survived a brutal stabbing in 1993. The members tried to raise awareness to educate the Danish youth about violence. The group had 30,000 members all over the country. The Stop the Violence group was asked by the director of the Roskilde Festival to develop activities that focused on "anti-violence, encourage dialogue and help to build positive relations among the festival visitors" (humanlibrary.org). From this, the Human Library was born. The Human Library is an event where "Individuals volunteer as human ‘books’ and participants in the event can ‘read’ the book- meaning they would have a one on one conversation with the volunteer and share in a dialogue about that individual’s experience" (humanlibrary.org). These volunteers are people from all walks of life who have experienced discrimination based on race, religion, sexual preference, class, gender identity, sex, age, lifestyle choices, disability and others aspects. The Human Library is now an international movement that has made it's way through 70 countries. The first country to have a permanent Human Library was Australia. The event is government funded and takes place is Lismore, Australia.
If you are interested in becoming a human "book", fill out an application here!
Here is a event that's close to us:
April 30 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
National Veterans Art Museum,
4041 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60641 United States
Read more at http://humanlibrary.org/events/#BrbtZ4zZ8M3l4kvz.99
The Human Library or Menneskebiblioteket as it is called in Danish, was developed in Copenhagen in the Spring of 2000. The library was created for the Roskilde Festival by brothers Ronni and Dany Abergel and colleagues Asma Mounda and Christoffer Erichsen. These friends first created a organization called "Stop the Violence", which was created after a friend survived a brutal stabbing in 1993. The members tried to raise awareness to educate the Danish youth about violence. The group had 30,000 members all over the country. The Stop the Violence group was asked by the director of the Roskilde Festival to develop activities that focused on "anti-violence, encourage dialogue and help to build positive relations among the festival visitors" (humanlibrary.org). From this, the Human Library was born. The Human Library is an event where "Individuals volunteer as human ‘books’ and participants in the event can ‘read’ the book- meaning they would have a one on one conversation with the volunteer and share in a dialogue about that individual’s experience" (humanlibrary.org). These volunteers are people from all walks of life who have experienced discrimination based on race, religion, sexual preference, class, gender identity, sex, age, lifestyle choices, disability and others aspects. The Human Library is now an international movement that has made it's way through 70 countries. The first country to have a permanent Human Library was Australia. The event is government funded and takes place is Lismore, Australia.
If you are interested in becoming a human "book", fill out an application here!
Here is a event that's close to us:
April 30 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
National Veterans Art Museum,
4041 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60641 United States
Read more at http://humanlibrary.org/events/#BrbtZ4zZ8M3l4kvz.99
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Resources:
Bhimani, B. (2016, January 17). Here Are The 5 Most Unconventional Libraries Of The World. Retrieved April 23, 2016, from http://www.omnipundit.com/2016/01/here-are-the-5-most-unconventional-libraries-of-the-world/
Challenge your stereotypes - The origin of the Human Library - HumanLibrary.org. (2016). Retrieved April 23, 2016, from http://humanlibrary.org/about-the-human-library/
Human Library Chicago. (2016). Retrieved April 23, 2016, from http://www.humanlibrarychicago.org/
Images from Wikimedia.
Bhimani, B. (2016, January 17). Here Are The 5 Most Unconventional Libraries Of The World. Retrieved April 23, 2016, from http://www.omnipundit.com/2016/01/here-are-the-5-most-unconventional-libraries-of-the-world/
Challenge your stereotypes - The origin of the Human Library - HumanLibrary.org. (2016). Retrieved April 23, 2016, from http://humanlibrary.org/about-the-human-library/
Human Library Chicago. (2016). Retrieved April 23, 2016, from http://www.humanlibrarychicago.org/
Images from Wikimedia.