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The Living Sino-Library [Lebendige Sinothek]

The Living Sino-Library is part of the ChinakomMitt project and is inspired by the Danish NGO "Human Library". The aim is to create an inviting communication platform where people from the Chinese cultural area can share their personal stories and experiences by acting as "living books". Users will have the opportunity to borrow these "books" and learn more about Chinese culture, traditions and individual life paths in personal conversations. The "books" themselves determine the topics on which they would like to offer conversations - as well as whether the meeting should take place digitally or in person.

  •  We, the China-Competence Service-point at the University of Marburg, keep a (non-public) list of people from the Chinese cultural area, which also records which China-related topics these people would like to talk about with others. We call these people "living books" or "books" for short.
  • People who would like to learn more about the Chinese cultural area ("borrowers") can view these topics online (but not the people associated with them!) and register with us for a conversation on this topic.
  • We forward the requests to the respective people on our list (the "books").
  • The "books" can then decide whether, when and in what form (face-to-face or online) they would like to meet with the person in question for a conversation. 

The Living Sino-Libraries "stocks" are currently still being filled. If you are interested in participating as a “book”, please contact us by e-mail or telephone:

To register as a "book" you can use this formula here

+49 6421 28-26154

Susanne Braun