E-Tick 2024

In this session you will learn some basic principles that help with critical thinking; engage with different perspectives and reflect on how they change your point of view; explore stereotypes and prejudices and how they can influence our thinking and behavior

In this session you will reflect on the images and messages we receive from society about beauty and how this shapes our perspective; explore expressions of beauty that challenge normativity and help to widen our perspective; engage with the idea of beauty as something that is always within and around us

In this session you will: learn more about the dangers of the single story and the importance of stories from the margins

In this session you will: strengthen your understanding of culture - its meaning and its overlap with power and identity; gain insight into what cultural appropriation looks like and feels like and how it is different from cultural appreciation

In this session you will critically explore ‘good intentions’, ‘help’, and the ways in which volunteering can harm; consider how images and messages used by charity / international aid agency campaigns may also harm, perpetuating stereotypes and reinforcing the idea of 'victims' and 'saviours'

In this session you will gain awareness of your own perspective on planetary progress; explore different ways of thinking about and measuring progress and development

In this session you will build awareness of the design features of your smart phone; reflect on your relationship with your smart phone and social media apps; strengthen critical thinking around 'big tech' and how things could be different

In this session you will become more familiar with different kinds of misleading content and how it harms; explore the connection between digital technology and disinformation; reflect on how you engage with digital content and strengthen your capacity to do so more skillfully in the future