“You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference
This qualitative research examines the Human Library method of engaging people in dialogue to challenge prejudice and increase respect for difference and human rights. Its data, collected via participant-observation and 44 semi in-depth interviews with Human Library participants, are interpreted usi...
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Curtin University
2015
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| author | Watson, Gregory John |
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| description | This qualitative research examines the Human Library method of engaging people in dialogue to challenge prejudice and increase respect for difference and human rights. Its data, collected via participant-observation and 44 semi in-depth interviews with Human Library participants, are interpreted using constructivist grounded theory. The research concludes that Human Libraries are spaces for rights and freedoms that engage people in three process concepts: raising critical consciousness, human recognition and enabling human rights activism. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-13442017-02-20T06:40:18Z “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference Watson, Gregory John This qualitative research examines the Human Library method of engaging people in dialogue to challenge prejudice and increase respect for difference and human rights. Its data, collected via participant-observation and 44 semi in-depth interviews with Human Library participants, are interpreted using constructivist grounded theory. The research concludes that Human Libraries are spaces for rights and freedoms that engage people in three process concepts: raising critical consciousness, human recognition and enabling human rights activism. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1344 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Watson, Gregory John “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| title | “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| title_full | “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| title_fullStr | “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| title_full_unstemmed | “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| title_short | “You shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: An examination of the Human Library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| title_sort | “you shouldn’t have to suffer for being who you are”: an examination of the human library strategy for challenging prejudice and increasing respect for difference |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1344 |