Charlie Grosso

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This week's revolutionary is Charlie Grosso, a Chinese-American photographer and the creator of Hello Future, an educational non-profit that promotes digital literacy for refugees. Our conversation goes from the roots of Hello Future and how a Chinese woman ended up with an Italian male name, to the beginnings of her photography career, what a theatre degree really is, and why the notion of a "digitally native" generation is a myth. Some Questions I Ask:<ul><li>Where did your path begin? (4:02)</li><li>Do you think you've grown into a new person by becoming Charlie Grosso? (8:34)</li><li>How and When did the Wok the Dog photo series begin? (14:02)</li><li>How did you hone your photography? (18:36)</li><li>Where do you find resistance in your work? (21:43)</li><li>How did Hello Future begin? (27:55)</li><li>How can people support Hello Future? (45:42)</li></ul> In This Episode, You Will Learn:<ul><li>How Charlie came to America (5:15)</li><li>Where the name Charlie Grosso came to be (7:07)</li><li>How a theatre degree is actually a degree in making something out of nothing, and how this relates to starting a business (12:04)</li><li>How the challenge of identity as an Asian-American woman shaped Charlie's art (20:16)</li><li>Why linguistic prescriptivism is stifling to creativity (23:49)</li><li>The relationship between refugees and mobile devices (30:58)</li><li>The need for digital literacy and how it differs from digital consumerism (37:05)</li></ul> Resources<a href="http://www.charliegrosso.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charlie Grosso's website</a><a href="https://www.hellofuture.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hello Future</a> <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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