On Current TV | March 01, 2006 | Comment on this video (16)

Living Library

MarianaVanZeller
Mariana van Zeller visits a library in Sweden that actually loans out humans of all shapes and sizes as a means of promoting tolerance and understanding.
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  • Desh_Nehru
  • eXistenZ
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      eXistenZ  

    • What an awesome idea. This has always facinated me. Peoples personal story. The elderly in particular. The life experience of a person is so much more informative and interesting to me than what some forms of media have to say.

      The very last sentence in this pod...just says it all !

      "Is it better to be a copy? Why not be an original? And I used to say..."

    • 1 year ago
  • Boof
  • Devishlysweet83
  • rawrfee
  • CatB
  • Westworld
  • Westworld
  • MarianaVanZeller
  • MarianaVanZeller
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      MarianaVanZeller  

    • The human books we spoke to told us they signed up for this because they wanted to tell their story. Most of them have been victims of discrimination and prejudice all their lives and they felt that this was their opportunity to build a bridge between them and the world. A chance to get people to understand and/or know them a little. As Sara Lund (the transvestite) often said, the underlying cause of prejudice is ignorance.

    • 4 years ago
  • ofer
  • ofer
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      ofer  

    • Pretty interesting. Swedes prove that they are still ahead of the curve.

      I'm wondering what makes these people sign up for these. Do you know?

    • 4 years ago
  • MarianaVanZeller
  • MarianaVanZeller
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      MarianaVanZeller  

    • We found out about this Library while reading an article on a flight to Lisbon (my hometown). We called the library soon after we landed and a few weeks later we were on our way to Malmo, Sweden to do a story about this fantastic project. The experience turned out to be even better than what we expected.

      "We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences" The Dalai Lama

    • 4 years ago
  • lauraling
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