Cultural GPS. Why Does Empathy Need an Instruction Manual? | Magdalena ElGhamari | TEDxWSKZ

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In her talk, Dr. Magdalena El Ghamari shows that empathy, though it seems like something natural and universal, requires more than good intentions when it comes to engaging with other cultures - it requires knowledge, context, and the ability to read differences that aren't visible at first glance. El Ghamari, who researches cultural and international phenomena, discusses how easily empathy can be mistaken for projecting our own values onto someone entirely different - and why understanding another person sometimes calls for a kind of "instruction manual" rather than intuition. The talk is an invitation to think of empathy not as a reflex, but as a skill that can be learned. Magdalena El Ghamari, PhD Researcher. PhD in Social Sciences. International expert. She specializes in the topics of terrorism, radicalization, and international security. She researches the mechanisms behind extremism and the processes shaping contemporary conflicts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the T

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