Name: An invitation to reexamine your familiar world
Uploaded: 2022-06-28T14:40:55Z
Duration: 12 min 54 s
Description: Before entering the world of financial journalism, Gillian Tett was a cultural anthropologist who studied how the past influences our present thoughts and behaviors. In an entertaining talk, she shows how you can use an anthropological outlook to see the world with fresh eyes -- and welcome new and different cultural truths into your life.

Gillian Tett: An invitation to reexamine your familiar world

An invitation to reexamine your familiar world

Before entering the world of financial journalism, Gillian Tett was a cultural anthropologist who studied how the past influences our present thoughts and behaviors. In an entertaining talk, she shows how you can use an anthropological outlook to see the world with fresh eyes -- and welcome new and different cultural truths into your life.

Adopting an anthropologist’s perspective reveals how hidden assumptions influence everything from finance to family and even face masks. Cultural habits, like viewing dogs as family members or treating Kit Kats as exam tokens in Japan, show how flexible and surprising culture can be. The pandemic has jolted people out of their routines, inviting a fresh look at what feels normal. Stepping outside familiar settings exposes the social silences and norms that shape decisions and relationships.