Earagail Arts Festival & Donegal County Council Library Service present
The Human Library®
- Thursday 13th July & Wednesday 19th July
- Various
- Spoken Word & Conversations
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Earagail Arts Festival & Donegal County Council Library Service present
The Human Library®
Thursday 13th July, 1pm – 8pm – Central Library, Letterkenny
Wednesday 19th July, 3pm – 8pm – Gaoth Dobhair, Leabharlann Ghaoth Dobhair
The Human Library® is, in the true sense of the word, a library of people. The organisation host events all over the world where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books and have conversations they would not normally have access to. Every human book from The Human Library® bookshelf represents a group in our society that is often subjected to prejudice, stigmatization or discrimination because of their lifestyle, diagnosis, belief, disability, social status, ethnic origin etc.
The Human Library® creates a safe space for dialogue where topics are discussed openly between human books and their readers, a place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered. All of the human books are volunteers with personal experience with their topic. The Human Library® is a not for profit learning platform that has hosted personal conversations designed to challenge stigma and stereotypes since 2000. ‘Unjudge Someone’
Readers can book a free reading of a number of human books. Books and reading slots will be published on ww.eaf.ie from 1st July.
If you have a story to tell and wish to become a book please contact Sharon McMenamin on WhatsApp 086 846 6472 or e-mail outreach@eaf.ie
- Date: Thursday 13th July & Wednesday 19th July
- Time: Various
- Location: Letterkenny & Gaoth Dobhair
- Venue: Central Library, Letterkenny & Leabharlann Ghaoth Dobhair, Gaoth Dobhair
- Admission/Cost: Free (booking required, reading slots will be published 1st July on eaf.ie)
Arna chur i láthair ag Féile Ealaíne an Earagail agus Seirbhís Leabharlainne Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall
The Human Library®
Déardaoin 13 Iúil, 1pm – 8pm – Leitir Ceanainn, An Lárleabharlann
Dé Céadaoin 19ú Iúil, 3pm – 8pm – Gaoth Dobhair, Leabharlann Ghaoth Dobhair
Is leabharlann de dhaoine é The Human Library®, i gciall cheart an fhocail. Cuireann an eagraíocht seo imeachtaí i láthair ar fud an domhain inar féidir le léitheoirí daoine atá ag feidhmiú mar leabhair oscailte a fháil ar iasacht agus comhráite a bheith acu nach mbeadh fáil acu orthu de ghnáth. Léiríonn gach leabhar daonna ó sheilf leabhar The Human Library® grúpa inár sochaí a bhíonn thíos go minic leis an chlaontacht, an stiogmatú nó an leithcheal mar gheall ar a stíl mhaireachtála, diagnóis, creideamh, míchumas, stádas sóisialta, bunús eitneach, etc.
Cruthaíonn The Human Library® spás sábháilte don phlé oscailte idir na leabhair dhaonna agus a léitheoirí, agus bítear ag dréim le ceisteanna deacra, bítear buíoch astu agus freagraítear iad. Is oibrithe deonacha iad na leabhair dhaonna ar fad a bhfuil taithí phearsanta acu ar a n-ábhar. Is ardán foghlama neamhbhrabúis é The Human Library® agus ón bhliain 2000 tá comhráite pearsanta curtha i láthair aige atá deartha chun dúshlán a thabhairt do stiogmaí agus steiréitíopaí.
Is féidir le léitheoirí léamh saor in aisce i gcás roinnt leabhar daonna a chur in áirithe. Foilseofar leabhair agus sliotáin ama ar www.eaf.ie ón 1 Iúil.
Má tá scéal agatsa agus más mian leat a bheith i do leabhar, déan teagmháil le Sharon McMenamin ag outreach@eaf.ie
- Dáta: Déardaoin 13 Iúil & Dé Céadaoin 19ú Iúil
- Am: Cinn éagsúla
- Suíomh: Leitir Ceanainn & Gaoth Dobhair
- Ionad: An Lárleabharlann, Leitir Ceanainn & Leabharlann Ghaoth Dobhair, Gaoth Dobhair
- Cead isteach/Costas: Saor in aisce (áirithintí riachtanach; foilseofar na sliotáin léitheoireachta ar an 1 Iúil ar eaf.ie)