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Saturday 11 November 2017
Saturday 4 November 2017
Social Power and Privilege in Society.
On Thursday October 26th last, Stephanie Kirwan and Bobby
McCormack, of Development Perspectives, hosted a fascinating workshop in the
Carmelite Centre in Dublin City. The workshop focused on ‘power’ and ‘privilege’
in society, specifically the invisibility of power and privilege, and how it creates and maintains particular sets of norms and conventions which
sustain unequal access to social capital, and resources. Under guidance from Bobby and Stephanie, the conversation
developed quite organically taking us down an enlightening rabbit hole of
issues surrounding topics such as education, social status, language,
discourse, rights, duties, obligations, privileges, and responsibilities etc.There was a broad range of people from different backgrounds in attendance bringing multiple perspectives to the table.
The event inspired me to write about power and privilege in society. So here it is…
(As a quick disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Development Perspectives and the views in this article are entirely my own)
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