Unit 2 – Week 3
Dear Positionality,
At what moment in life does one become aware of you? You are always there, from the moment we are born, but it’s only after someone mentions you that I became aware of your presence in my life. To be fair, being away from my country has made me reanalyze you. Sometimes I don’t feel as comfortable as I used to, and I realized it’s because you’ve changed.
Sometimes I love you, sometimes I don’t. The fact is you will always be here and probably will show me different aspects of you – of me.
(To be continued)
Carolina
From Sasha’s class
Having to make a list of the things that make me who I am was a comforting challenge. Being away from home has sometimes led me to lose some parts of myself to blend in more easily. Even so, I’ve never felt more Latina in my life. Still, thinking and reflecting about my list reminded me of many of the reasons why I’m here, and it’s to create change. That’s why being aware of my positionality is such an important thing to do, and I really value our spaces to do so, but I recognize it should be something done daily in our lives.
Another thing that left me thinking after Sasha’s session was the list of attributes workers of the future will have to master: adaptability, curiosity, empathy, and agency. In the end, he said these future workers will be heroes, but in a way, those attributes are still needed nowadays, and in a way, we – today’s workers – are heroes too! We are just too deep in our reality to see it, but we truly are heroes in the way we adapt to every single change the world has.
About teamwork:
During this week, I valued teamwork a lot since I was feeling a little bit under the weather, and my group went and had an interview with Alessandro, a librarian from the British Library. A very crucial part of teamwork is being able to rely and trust in and I felt I could do that with my team.