TU Human Library
Borrowing people instead of books: the Human Library
There’s no better book than the book of human experience. That’s why visitors to the Human Library borrow people instead of books. In this way they exchange their unique experiences with each other. The basic principle is that the participants come closer together and that their mutual relationship and understanding are strengthened. This simple and powerful method creates a bond between participants who under normal circumstances would not meet.
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PhD's meet the rector
The first ‘borrowers’ who will be borrowing from each others’ collections of Living Books are the PhD students and Rector Magnificus Karel Luyben. These ‘Living Books’ may be professors, lecturers, staff members, other PhD students, trainees or students at TU Delft. People with a special story. Both the PhD students and the rector assemble a collection of 'Living books', then each chooses an example from the other's collection during the informal meeting. The chosen candidate then tells his or her story.
The concept ‘Human Library: PhDs meet the rector’ follows the same principle as the earlier project (‘Meeting the rector’), namely that the rector of TU Delft and the PhD students meet each other in an informal setting that can offer surprises to both parties.
TU Delft Library wants to be a ‘Centre of Belonging’; in particular for those PhD students who do not have a natural meeting place on campus. The Library is keen to facilitate solutions to this problem. ‘Accommodating’ a project such as the Human Library is just one of these solutions.
Dates
The Human Library meetings are planned on the following dates:
- Wednesday 16 May 2012 (20.00-24.00)
Want to know more?
Please send an e-mail to library@tudelft.nl