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Gloria and Dhardon: Landscape, symbolism and pieces of home

October 27, 2022 The University of Edinburgh Season 6 Episode 5
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Gloria and Dhardon: Landscape, symbolism and pieces of home
Show Notes

In the forth episode of season six , guests Gloria Omuya and Tenzin Dhardon-Sharling talk about landscape, symbolism and pieces of home. 

Gloria is a recent graduate with an MSc in Africa and International Development. She is passionate about building programs that help organisations impact lives and communities. With a background in the educational non-profit sector in Kenya, her work has focused on honouring people, building community, improving systems for long-lasting impact, and increasing opportunities for people to thrive. Gloria is happy doing anything involving people, plans and processes! 

Dhardon is an educator, feminist scholar, environmental humanist, and a former Tibetan political personality. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts and is also pursuing a graduate certificate in feminist studies. Dhardon is passionate about intersectional social justice and is working on her current book Theorising a Female Dalai Lama: An Intersectional Tool for Feminisms. 

Who are we? Season 6 is about who we are as individuals, what motivates us and why we do the things we do? But as it is Sharing things, it is also about where we overlap, where our experiences help us better understand others and why we are never alone.

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