The Human Library project lets people borrow people instead of books, helping to smash stereotypes—with lots of practical applications in the world of work.
... [+]There is a movement that originated in Denmark, where instead of borrowing a book to read a story, you borrow a person instead. The idea, established in 2000, is to"publish people as open books" so that a person can ask questions of someone's life and experience and understand issues better. These Human Library projects now exist in over 70 countries.
The concept is simple—that stereotypes can be challenged when hearing stories from real people. The non-profit organization called, hosts events"where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books and have conversations they would not normally have access to.
So, you can sit down with"Alcoholic","Autism","Bipolar" and"Body Mod Extreme" through every range of human condition imaginable—"Molested","Muslim","Naturist","Polyamorous", etc—and ask questions, and hear people's stories. The tagline is"unjudge someone." Much how normal libraries and bookshops operate there is also A Book of The Month, where people are featured as human books, such as
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