Interacting with Daylight Mini-Series – Episode 2: Culture & behaviour

In the second episode of our Interacting with Daylight mini-series, Caro is joined by Anna and Priji again to explore how cultural traditions and individual behaviours shape our interactions with daylight.

Building on the previous discussion of location, this episode shifts the focus to how social norms, gender roles, and cultural traditions shape people’s experiences and interactions with daylight.

Links and resources:

• Anna and Priji’s publication describing their framework: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00159-5

• Visualisation of the framework’s “bubbles”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00159-5/figures/3

• More about the Daylight Academy (DLA) Project: https://daylight.academy/projects/daylight-interactions/

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:23) What do we mean by culture and behaviours

(03:53) Snippets: solar eclipse and Norwegian winter

(08:40) Yellow dishes & the sun

(12:10) Snippets: Daylight in Spain vs Norway

(19:30) Snippets: Sun exposure, skin care, and lunch habits in Rochester

(20:20) Snippets: Clothing & sun umbrellas

(25:00) Gender roles and exposure to daylight

(32:57) Focus group snippets: Cultural differences around daylight

(43:57) Snippets: Playing as kids — outdoor and indoor behaviours

(47:50) Snippets: Schools and daylight habits in schools in different countries

(51:54) Reflections on outdoor/indoor habits in schools

(55:40) Outro: how different languages refer to (day)light