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The intangible effects of walls

April 27, 2020

Source: TED

https://www.ted.com/talks/alexandra_auer_the_intangible_effects_of_walls_apr_2020?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image__2020-04-24

 

Alexandra Aue / TEDxEindhoven

 

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More barriers exist now than at the end of World War II, says designer Alexandra Auer. And when you erect one wall, you unwittingly create a second -- an "us" versus "them" partition in the mind that compromises our collective safety. With intriguing results from her social design project focused on two elementary schools separated by a fence, Auer encourages us to dismantle our biases and regain perspective on all the things we have in common.

 

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