Humanisation: How We Construct the Abstract Representation of a Human Being

Wed 11 Nov · Venue to be confirmed

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LSE Skip to main content 11 Nov Humanisation: How We Construct the Abstract Representation of a Human Being Hosted by the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science CBG 1.06 Wednesday 11 November 2026 12pm - 1pm Speaker Prof Lasana Harris Chair Dr Ilka Gleibs PBS Department Seminar Series What is a human being? Human beings are not perceived based on biological ontology, but by matching to an abstract representation of a human being: a human stereotype. In this talk, I consider what might constitute an abstract representation of human.

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