Episode 8: Connecting with others means seeing them. Labels get in the way.

February 23, 2021 00:15:59
Episode 8: Connecting with others means seeing them. Labels get in the way.
Culturally Attuned
Episode 8: Connecting with others means seeing them. Labels get in the way.

Feb 23 2021 | 00:15:59

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Show Notes

People’s identities are multi-layered—giving us various possible points of connection with another person. Stereotypes obscure those possibilities, as Afghan Taliban negotiators found when they talked with an Indian-American Muslim diplomat named Tamanna Salikuddin. Tamanna tells how she seeks individuals’ identities to build the trust for negotiations.

 

Learn more and read the transcript: https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/02/connecting-others-means-seeing-them-labels-get-way 

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