Where are you from?
In the last WCF blog post, Chris talked about how one of the first questions we are often asked when meeting new people is, ‘What do you do?’, pointing out we can be judged, labelled or pigeon-holed on the basis of our answer. Another question we are often asked and can be judged by is ‘Where are you from?’. It’s interesting to ask ourselves why we are so intrigued by this fact about people. Let’s say you’re from Currock in Carlisle, do you identify yourself as being from Currock? From Carlisle? A Cumbrian? A Northerner? English? British? Does this shift depending on context? Do you think people make any assumptions (positive or negative) about you based on the place you live, whether you’ve always lived there, which part of that place you live in? Do you feel you have something in common with people you meet from the same place? You might also ask yourself what assumptions you might make about someone, if at all, dependent on where they are from. For example, do yo
