Gender equality on paper: International Women's Day in one of the most egalitarian country's (Norway) with guest Anna Kirah (US)
Welcome to a new episode of Political Bark. In this special episode for the International Women's day, I speak with Design Anthropologist and psychologist, Anna Kirah (US). We have an open, informal and honest conversation on what it is like to be a foreigner in Norway, seeing the country from a "insider - outsider perspective"; we speak about gender equality in Norway, discrimination, sexism, and what it is like being a woman in the workplace in 2021. In order to talk about these issues, I firstly learn a lot about Anna Kirah's fascinating experiences from all of the world, from the time she was a little girl, where she learned to master the skills of "observing human behavior" and all the way towards her move back to Norway later in life. Anna's life journey and her experiences have very much shaped her into becoming an anthropologist, psychologist and master of human behavior; and especially focused on how technology and human needs come together in the 21st century. Anna Kirah worked at Boeing as a Senior Researcher and later at Microsoft as a Chief Design Anthropologist (a job title created for her), where she did revolutionary work by using "people centered approaches" in her analysis, understanding tech from a human needs perspective. Make sure to listen to her ted Talks and other talks on Youtube and to check out her published books! Happy Women's day 2021!