The news is sh*t but we already knew that. Join us as we work out what’s really going on and try and find some answers.
Deep Dive is a current affairs programme about homelessness hosted by Museum of Homelessness directors Matt and Jess. Featuring commentators, incisive analysis, and some honest talk, this monthly show will unpack what’s going on beyond tabloid sensationalism and stereotyping.
About the next episode - Social Responses to Stigma
5 years ago a Danish artist called Christian Hornsleth fitted tracker apps to people sleeping rough and launched a city-wide art project tracking their movements. Was it a prank? A pointed commentary on our morals and ethics? Or was it simply insensitive. It was difficult to tell in swirl of social media outrage that followed.
Whether it’s art projects or survivalists like Ed Stafford trying his hand at a bit of rough sleeping, the idea of translating the experiences of homelessness is difficult because of the judgements that society brings to those who are most marginalised.
This episode will reflect on how social biases and stigma shape how homelessness is understood. This will include a deep dive into the social neuroscience of how dehumanisation, the historical tradition of social poverty safari and up-to-date projects attempting to unpack stigma today. The episode will include special guests from both a lived experience and academic perspective.
Guests for this month
Andy Guise: Andy will appear on the show and he is the Director of the Social Responses to Stigma study at Kings College London. MoH is part of the project which is seeking to explore experiences of stigma and discrimination amongst people who are homeless in south London, and then seeks to understand how this stigma is created or overcome within particular care and support systems. The project is then going to imagine new responses to stigma that take action at the level of society.
Dr Lasana Harris: Lasana is Professor of Social Neuroscience in the Experimental Psychology Division of Psychology & Language Sciences at UCL. Lasana has undertaken extensive research into dehumanised perception including work in homelessness settings. Lasana collaborated with MoH on it’s 2018 exhibition project ‘Objectified’, exploring whether our object stories can change perceptions of homelessness. Lasana will be doing a pre-recorded interview which will be screened at the event.
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Further Info
11am – 12noon, doors open at 10.30am and snacks afterwards.
The programme will be published as a podcast after the studio recording