Sunday 27 June 2:15-3:15 pm
Multi-Cultural Storytelling
This one-hour talk focused on writing about various cultures and different genders with empathy and sensitivity. Reshma drew upon her own writing and gave other examples to show how a writer can use his or her imagination and research to build an authentic world that the reader can relate to or discover afresh. It is all too easy to revert to cultural stereotypes and over-simplification and she suggested ways in which one can avoid this and also not fall into the trap of cultural appropriation. The talk was followed by a Q&A.
