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Our Role as Storytellers (w/ Dr. Umi Hsu)

Our Role as Storytellers (w/ Dr. Umi Hsu)

FromThe People Nerds Podcast


Our Role as Storytellers (w/ Dr. Umi Hsu)

FromThe People Nerds Podcast

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Storytelling is a superpower of human-centered practitioners (among many others!). Capturing the richness of another's experience and the process of rendering it in an empathic, honest, and actionable way is core to our work. Core, and also complex.Our guest for this episode is Dr. Umi Hsu, who works at the intersections of story, strategy, and culture. Umi is the Director of Content Strategy for the ONE Archives Foundation,  which is the largest collection of LGBTQ history. Umi discusses their approach to curating stories that foreground lesser-heard voices, and doing so in an information-rich, attention-low world.Get ready for a deep dive into history, story, and ways we can become more ethical interlocutors of experience, especially for driving change. Show NotesCheck out ONE Archives Foundation's new podcast, Periodically Queer.Put some of Umi's storytelling strategies into practice by checking out ONE Archives' AIDS history exhibition, Metanoia.Read our profile of Umi to learn more about their digital strategy work for the city of LA.Learn more about dscout Express, which we use to create our scout sound offs each week.Register for People Nerds 2022—happening October 19—featuring Samin Nosrat!
Released:
Aug 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (8)

From the folks behind dscout’s People Nerds blog, the People Nerds Podcast provides unexpected sources of wisdom for human-centered thinkers. In each episode, Ben and Karen speak to folks across a multitude of industries in an effort to expand the conversation around user research practices. Learn from artists, activists, chefs, professors, and more to find inspiration for your work and widen your approach to research. Join the conversation and subscribe today.