Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Take a deep dive into our need to interact with strangers — as potential allies, companions, and friends. Following the death of his partner, Buckingham realised that opening up to others would help him steer a path through grief and became immersed in the rich tradition of hosting and meeting strangers. He’ll share his insights from philosophy, anthropology, history and literature, to explain how our traditions of meeting the ‘other’ can mitigate the issues of our time — including the forced solitude of the pandemic — offering a powerful antidote to our increasingly atomised world.
About the author: Will Buckingham is a writer, academic, and traveller with a PhD in philosophy and an MA in anthropology. He’s written fiction, philosophy, and books for children.
Take a deep dive into our need to interact with strangers — as potential allies, companions, and friends. Following the death of his partner, Buckingham realised that opening up to others would help him steer a path through grief and became immersed in the rich tradition of hosting and meeting strangers. He’ll share his insights from philosophy, anthropology, history and literature, to explain how our traditions of meeting the ‘other’ can mitigate the issues of our time — including the forced solitude of the pandemic — offering a powerful antidote to our increasingly atomised world.
About the author: Will Buckingham is a writer, academic, and traveller with a PhD in philosophy and an MA in anthropology. He’s written fiction, philosophy, and books for children.
