Episode 2: Stay in the circle: Patient listening can connect across cultures

February 23, 2021 00:19:55
Episode 2: Stay in the circle: Patient listening can connect across cultures
Culturally Attuned
Episode 2: Stay in the circle: Patient listening can connect across cultures

Feb 23 2021 | 00:19:55

/

Show Notes

Burning Man Project’s Kim Cook has—literally—danced on the cross-cultural divide. She recalls lessons in cultural competence from her work in creative enterprises like theater and hip-hop. (And one day … there was that chocolate cupcake.) For Kim, humble persistence is the way to overcome our inevitable gaps in cultural understanding.

 

Learn more and read the transcript: https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/02/stay-circle-patient-listening-can-connect-across-cultures 

Other Episodes

Episode

February 23, 2021 00:20:46
Episode Cover

Episode 6: As cultural outsiders, we are given a pass. But, should we take it?

We accept our need to show cultural respect. But Brazilian psychotherapist Kerley Most says West Africa taught her the difference between learning a culture...

Listen

Episode

October 31, 2022 00:20:54
Episode Cover

Episode 16: Brains and biases

The human brain is hardwired to constantly scan for cues that signal safety, trustworthiness, and social desirability among others. As we work among people...

Listen

Episode

October 31, 2022 00:26:15
Episode Cover

Episode 9: Bridging divides through restorative justice

Roman Haferd went to a good law school and he works for the Washington, D.C. prosecutor’s office. Yet his work on behalf of justice...

Listen