BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260825T230054Z - 65020@iZuf69e0i0z4ibdboqb33jZ DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260901T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260901T210000 CREATED:20260825T230054Z DESCRIPTION:Cultural Stereotype s: Always Harmful Or Sometimes Useful?\nIn this club\, you can ask and say anything you want! All are welcome. Are cultural stereotypes always h armful? We're supposed to say yes… right? But when we're constantly meet ing\, working with and communicating with people from different countries and cultures\, do we inevitably use generalisations to help us navigate un familiar situations? Can knowing that a culture tends to communicate more directly\, value hierarchy differently or have different ideas about polit eness actually help us avoid misunderstandings? Can stereotypes sometimes prepare us\, protect us or give us a useful starting point — and at what moment does a useful cultural shortcut become an unfair assumption about an individual? Join Tasha\, a cross-cultural livestreamer who represents C hinese products to international customers\, for a lively exploration of t he surprisingly complicated line between cultural knowledge\, generalisati on\, stereotype and prejudice. We'll put stereotypes about different local and international groups under the microscope: Where did they come from? Is there ever a grain of truth behind them? Who gets to decide whether the y're funny\, useful or offensive? And what happens when we treat a general tendency as a rule about a particular person? Tasha brings extensive expe rience communicating across cultures from both sides of the equation\, but this club isn't about teaching you the “correct” opinions. Bring your questions\, experiences\, uncertainties and disagreements\, there are no stupid questions\, and nobody is expected to arrive knowing the right thin g to say. We'll challenge stereotypes\, defend some generalisations\, prob ably laugh at a few\, and see whether understanding the shortcuts our brai ns naturally make can actually help us become more thoughtful and curious about the people behind them. [...] DTSTAMP:20260825T230054Z LOCATION:China\,\, Shanghai SUMMARY:Cultural Stereotypes: Always Harmful Or Sometimes Useful? END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR