When Strangers Meet, Kio Stark
When Strangers Meet, Kio Stark
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When Strangers Meet

Author: Kio Stark

Narrator: Kio Stark

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2016


Synopsis

Discover the unexpected pleasures and exciting possibilities of talking to people you don’t know—how these beautiful interruptions can change you, and the world we share.

When Strangers Meet argues for the pleasures and transformative possibilities of talking to people you don’t know. Our lives are increasingly insular. We are in a hurry, our heads are down, minds elsewhere, we hear only the voices we already recognize and rarely take the effort to experience something or someone new. Talking to strangers pulls you into experiences of shared humanity and creates genuine emotional connections. It opens your world. Passing interactions cement your relationship to the places you live and work and play, they’re beautiful interruptions in the steady routines of our lives. In luminous prose, Stark shows how talking to strangers wakes you up.

Threaded throughout are powerful vignettes from Stark’s own lifelong practice of talking to strangers and documenting brief encounters, along with a deep exploration of the dynamics of where, how, and why strangers come together. Ultimately, When Strangers Meet explores the rich emotional and political meanings that are conjured up in even the briefest conversations and unexpected connections with strangers. Stark renders visible the hidden processes by which we decide who to greet and trust in passing, and the unwritten rules by which these encounters operate. When Strangers Meet teaches readers how to start talking to strangers and includes adventurous challenges for those who dare.

About Kio Stark

Kio Stark is the author of the novel Follow Me Down, the independent learning handbook Don’t Go Back to School, and When Strangers Meet. She writes, teaches, and speaks around the world about stranger interactions, independent learning, and relational technology.


Reviews

Goodreads review by DR.AmiraSalah on September 15, 2019

3½/5 من منا لم يسبق له بأن حدث واسترسل في حديث مع شخص ما( غريب)...قد يكون بمواصلة عامة، عيادة طبيب، جهة حكومية، أو ربما حتى في طائرة.. هذا المفهوم هو الذي تريد Kio أن تحكي لنا بخصوصه عن تجربتها الشخصية؛ في أن الحديث مع الغرباء ماهو إلا محاولة للتحرر من القيود الاجتماعية، وبعض الأحكام المسبقة البائسة........more

Goodreads review by Ana on March 30, 2021

I hope to explore the world of people I don't know once this pandemic is over. This book is a lovely reminder of one of life's tiny, underrated pleasure.......more

Goodreads review by Heather on January 09, 2017

I loved this book. I am one of those people that gets a lot from interacting regularly with strangers and I have struggled over the years to communicate effectively about why it's so important to me. This book said everything I've wanted to and did so with a very fair, balanced, and critical lens. H......more

Goodreads review by Evi on August 05, 2023

Geïnspireerd door intieme campinggesprekken las ik dit boek. Vriendelijke vreemden om nooit meer weer te zien en toch een stukje geschiedenis mee te delen. Ik zal voortaan nóg enthousiaster knikken naar mijn ik-kruis-je-'s-ochtends-op-het-fietspad-vriendin.......more

Goodreads review by Nic on February 12, 2020

Expeditions (from memory, for my own use): People Watching: Spend one hour in a public place. Turn off your devices. Write down the 'setting'. What are the most interesting features of the place? What is it for? How do people use it in ways it wasn't intended for? If you create a backstory for the pe......more