How Public Pedagogy Promotes Pluralism ft. Dr. Vivek Venkatesh Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how social pedagogy can help counter hate and the epidemic of “othering." Dr. Vivek Venkatesh is the UNESCO Co-Chair in Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism at Concordia University. In this episode, he speaks about losing his cousin, Sukumar, to an act of terrorism, and how that event catalyzed some of deep inner work and continues to fuel his current passion as a filmmaker, musician, multimedia artist, curator, and applied learning scientist working at the intersection of public pedagogy and critical digital literacy. 0:30 About Vivek Venkatesh 01:55 Vivek’s story about losing his cousin, Sukumar, to an act of terrorism 06:50 Having empathy for people who have lost loved ones to acts of terrorism 09:38 Vivek explains how “resilience to hate comes from accepting ‘the other’ within ourselves.” 13:07 What is social pedagogy and how can it counter the epidemic of othering? 14:56 About Project SOMEONE 20:25 How Vivek’s musical bands (Landscape of Hate and Landscape of Hope) challenge conceptions of hate To watch the video with subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78vaeHVmoxebZCYtqsKe0A CONNECT WITH VIVEK ✩ Life after hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylxDwziIYwA ✩ Project SOMEONE’s Website: https://projectsomeone.ca ✩ Project SOMEONE’s Twitter:  @projectsomeone ✩ Chaire UNESCO-PREV’s Website:  https://chaireunesco-prev.ca ✩ Chaire UNESCO-PREV’s Twitter:  @unescoprev CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International REACH THEM AT ✩ Website: www.grandheroninternational.ca; www.coachingonsite.ca; www.ghi.coach ✩ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grand-heron-international/ ✩ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grandheroninternational/ ✩ Instagram: @Grand_Heron_International ✩ Twitter: @GrandHeronIntl; https://twitter.com/GrandHeronIntl Video Edited by David Tsvariani