PAST EVENT: This event has already happened. The information below may no longer be accurate.

Understanding Communities and Culture through Personification

Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
1:00pm to 3:00pm

More Information

Oct.
11

This session examines overcoming the tendency to stereotype which involves recognizing and surfacing personal and societal biases. Stereotypes are often reinforced through public portrayals of "typical" community members.

Identifying these patterns through personification helps highlight how assumptions limit broader understanding. Engaging with individuals from diverse backgrounds, both conforming to and defying stereotypes, expands perspectives. Sharing stories and counterexamples disrupts the dominant narratives that perpetuate stereotyping. Building connections across different communities, particularly between rural and urban populations, can create new opportunities for understanding and dismantling stereotypes. This process promotes a deeper appreciation of diversity and reduces the barriers created by stereotypical thinking. Improvisation, audience feedback, and performance are therefore used to demonstrate how persona creation can offer deeper insights into cultural dynamics and social experiences in research.

University of Alberta (Tory Building)

Tory 12-15

6-5 Humanities Centre
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E5

Related events

Edmonton Design Week: Cultivate the Unexpected

Oct. 15, 2024 to Oct. 20, 2024

We’re so excited to bring you another incredible lineup of events in October.

Arts & Culture conferences

Oct. 15

Dr Russell Cobb Book Launch

Tuesday, Oct. 15

Starts at 7:00pm

Audreys Books

Through evocative storytelling, Cobb chronicles with unflinching precision the lasting effects of land-grabbing white men on Indigenous peoples.

Arts & Culture books

Oct. 15

APEGA: RASC Observatory at TELUS World of Science

Tuesday, Oct. 15

Starts at 9:00pm

TELUS World of Science Edmonton

The RASC Observatory is an incredible way to view the stars and planets!

Community science

Oct. 16

Moving to Food Security – Why Long-Term Strategies are Needed

Wednesday, Oct. 16

Starts at 12:00pm

Edmonton's Food Bank Annex

Join us in our series of free lunchtime talks about social issues and learn about diverse ways to help create a community in which all people are full ...

Food & Drink talks