Café Mehfil: Recent Episodes
Zahra Mansoor
Collective of conversations held at Café Mehfil, a virtuo-physical space for sociopolitical discourse by the Parsons Paris Student Government (The New School) amongst students and extended PP family rich with international perspectives on human culture.
Reflecting and unpacking the approach to racism and ethnicity at schools in 2021 and our wants from our education. Joined by guest student from the Educational University of Hong Kong.
In a laid back session, we had some of our grandmas (and one grandpa's video) come on to hear their stories, including embarrassing stories about their grandkids
Discussion on the connections between regional rap, poetry and spoken word as a tool of dissent and raw expression across our countries. Sharing lyrics, verses and proses from our communities.
Talking about our cultural experiences of religion as we move away from home as young adults and how distance and desire for community affect our experience of belief
How one's English language accent connects to their identity and what role the English language plays in one's identity across Hong Kong, France, India, Pakistan, the States, and China. (Apologies for technical issues with audio on this one).
How language, syllabus, post-colonial fallout, government influences, and religions in our countries made our high school experiences prior to being at Parsons, different for all of us and how these experiences compare to comment on the human experience and expectations one has as they go through the institution of schooling itself.