the city. with the stereo bob. you you will will will will will . the us. in the hello and the taunting and welcome to enter ten. we can watch movies read books and travel to gain a better understanding of the world around us but at the end of the day. there's really no substitute for interpersonal connections with that in mind something called the truman library was established in two thousand and four instead of books. humans are lived

out on today's after ten we are joined by one of the adventures of the cuban libraries. ronnie abigail to get letters understanding of it and how it might tie in to be part of the administration's push for national disgrace. sea. what unique conference was held in the korean national assembly library last month. it was something called a cuban library conference. human library a program that leads out humans instead of books with the goal of enhancing understanding. it was started in denmark and has expanded to about seventy nations over the last year. korea is also trying to find ways to better integrate society. true to human life the body of regaled inventor of the human library. and here i would be to promoting social integration and bertuzzi preconceived notions. mr gill

thank you very much for being on the show they care for me now you are one of the driving forces behind this idea this human library idea which i must say. sounds very unique and i think many people would agree with me and it might not quite understand what this idea is if you call it and give us a better understanding of what could you elaborate is and what of dots. well it's it's it's an opportunity to take on a person that's basically representing the topic that should be interesting to the reader. our blokes. often represents taken on stereotypes of people were exposed to prejudices for some reasons. i can give you a few examples on people with disabilities. somebody living with hiv. a transgender person or even a war veteran unknown people in hand difficult jobs or have a lifestyle which is of some controversy or of some discussion in certain areas it's basically an opportunity to meet somebody

who otherwise would need and ask me be the difficult questions that you have. but if you would feel comfortable asking in the supermarket or on the bus if you saw somebody with a face full of piercings or person full of cut tombs where some very muscular woman. obviously a bodybuilder youtube just to be too shocked social library that humans of the people were acting as folks are available to you ready to answer questions. so it's finest process for me let's say hypothetically i want to take part in this site can i check out a book and i made chocolate these places had as though the process work except where works as a physical space just like a real live or we have a culture at the color you'll be met by librarian that will guide you to find out which stereotypes is the most predominant with you. so we'll go for the list of literature you'll see a title like the male nurse or the feminist or the vegetarian for someone who's really obese. you always. this is a topic that's you know that's where men are less alcoholic something that touches you or more years. you feel that

your this is something that we're living for you in the library will be all set to open the book you go out for half an hour and hour and asked those questions have that conversation with the what that person lived that life one knows about the topic and will speak on the korean open with you. so spent fourteen years now since it first acumen library was established to pre load time of the people have been taking horton and this program over that creative time of. what are they coming away with from this process what they learned about themselves than any of the people of all what's a really good and interesting question because everybody has an outcome from this reminder. readers are typical people that don't like you and me the word walk in and try and see if what we thought about the people we knew was true. probably he'll hopefully we've come away smarter wiser or more confirmed to get confirmation that that's what we thought that that was right in the lead when there's no guarantees that your data on change your mind and that's

not really in the mission either the mission is to challenge what you think. and maybe give you. the basis for reconsidering your opinion folks are people that really want to be understood. folks are are in a situation where there are stigmatized as some of them are discriminated some are exposed to heavy prejudice from others because of their lifestyle door or convictions. and i think what they really come away with is a better understanding of what people think of me and why. and they get an opportunity to explain. to explain how things really are and hopefully feel better understood afterwards and i think that increases quality of life not just for the book but also for the reader if there is a quote in your community that you're afraid of where you're concerned about the way they behave imagine sitting down with a member of the coop and finding out that way. hope they're not dangerous. i don't have to be concerned you have come away relieved feeling much better. so for everyone i think this is a win win situation. in

the people involved do you call them books. um what had been some more ideas popular or bestselling books the over that time whatever country has their own bestsellers and that's the great thing about the tumor marker is it detected locally were over sixty countries now and am in each country the local our local partners the organizers who identify what are the stinky one of the stereotypes that are relevant to discuss here like in south korea. here's a list of the above book center that could be bestsellers here but they wouldn't so anything in sweden and denmark. it will be topics that we even discussed because societies are so different. but some of that in all the metrics that are global. she was with the people with difficult jobs people have jobs of certain authority that could be a policeman. anybody that has sort of control function or regulating other people north to always talk badly about because you know they have to sanction the superdome park properly you get a ticket if you don't pay your parking you get a ticket if you'll buy your ticket on the train you could get a ticket so these people

are typically park or policeman also had to deal with diverse role. but i think although bestsellers for many countries are people of different sexual believes people of different religious beliefs and different from the majority. so minority groups that have on this the lifestyles of convictions which challenge of the people's tolerance and sometimes we can be quite intolerant people who are different so i can imagine for the two people sitting down and of having this discussion in learning more about each other and maybe killings in the stereotype that they had before. on an inner personal level that sits very awful feeling i would imagine up in a broader sense though. in talking about achievements and maybe a community or society. oh what types of things to be seen over the past fourteen years. or i've seen some pretty amazing stuff. i've seen time. i've seen communities and now we're sort of divide in finding a place to come together to start building a bridge and breaking down barriers. and

that's it i've seen that in seattle i've seen that in hungary. i've seen it in japan. i had one reader once and for the past. a man in his little boy. it took me out when i have a title. as a former juvenile delinquent i've had my stint with problems in my view. and then and this father. actually some questions for the boy the boy was wounded the readers who find it translated from hungarian born wanted to know what made me aggressive and violent in mind you and i explained about the frustration of being a teenager not understood being in it being a minority in my society. and then we all define the look of the boy an awesome are you asking these questions and the boys said that well remember father when you had the period we were drinking very much and were very angry when you got angry with mother and so we was reflecting on the situation for me to live where they have been some domestic violence in the family in a challenging time. i knew wanted to better understand the mechanisms of violence in

the us needed to adapt the father started crying i was very touched and i understood that there's a healing process going on here who would tie the prejudices and stereotypes a mini zoo been around since humankind spin around this is nothing new here of course up but from your experience doing this i imagine it's an insight about these prejudices and stereotypes he said we'll have them to agree um from your experience where or where they come from where were are these the these preconceived notions coming from. there are many different sources of on field getting to these preconceptions media impressions on wheel even though an entire word life goes pretty fast. we're very busy work day and were taking care of our families in which i still have time to get to know where the body. and as the diversity of our communities is increasing even here in south korea also out what we're seeing is that people are navigating diversity of stereotyping you're basically using stereotypes to tell yourself that to understand people

that you know what they're about so you can feel safe about them is if you don't understand people you don't know what their opinion or feel insecure. so as soon as i get just some sense of view i can has enabled you can put two in a box and feel good about you. every person has that i don't think there's anything wrong in navigating diversity through stereotypes because we simply don't have time to get to know everybody what is wrong when it comes up like a factory you because it's not you have to test what you think is right you have to challenge yourself and challenger preconceptions trying to prejudices the issue to debate what status of what this is the impression i had of homosexuals. so sit down with a homosexual find out if what you think is really true that's the best thing any person can do to get a better insight into the conditions and lifestyles of the people so i think the time. some of the things that could help god brings you into two communities