This blog is created to support conversation generated from and about the learning process for MA Professional Practice (MAPP) in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries (ACI) at Middlesex University.
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
In my language - Amanda Baggs
I was in a discussion about improvisation this week and this video was shared.
Hi Adesola, Thank you for posting this video. So thought provoking and strong. My response on my blog: https://krabumbel.blogspot.com/2019/10/single-stories.html
Hi Adesola I feel that this video just sums up how diverse communication is as a topic. What is communication in it's broadest sense? How we communicate non verbally is often just as important as if not more so than verbally. Why does society judge what is 'normal' communication and why is that deemed acceptable? Unfortunately I came across lots of discrimination when working with adults with learning disabilities, but everyone is unique and should be accepted for who they are. Fiona
Interesting video to watch. I understand how the framework of a collective way of communication doesn't possibly apply to everyone and how important it is to remember that there are different frameworks and just because we may be part of a mainstream collective doesn't make us more important. It is said for example, that, autism is simply a different way of communicating to which most people simply cannot fully understand or tune to. Having had a Father who was autistic I experienced first hand a way of communicating that was challenging at best to the framework that I learnt in my collective educational environment. Something out of the ordinary is something society continues to have difficulty working with. Children do not grow learning and developing skills around acceptance and compassion in schools. Consequently you will face some of these challenges in life in order to understand your own existence as a human being and communicate with kindness. I must confess I didn't fully enjoy the video, not because I was not comfortable but I find this kind of video too voyeuristic ( despite the narrator mentioning that was not the intention) and loose interest very quickly.
Hi Adesola, Thank you for posting this video. So thought provoking and strong. My response on my blog: https://krabumbel.blogspot.com/2019/10/single-stories.html
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ReplyDeleteI feel that this video just sums up how diverse communication is as a topic. What is communication in it's broadest sense? How we communicate non verbally is often just as important as if not more so than verbally. Why does society judge what is 'normal' communication and why is that deemed acceptable? Unfortunately I came across lots of discrimination when working with adults with learning disabilities, but everyone is unique and should be accepted for who they are. Fiona
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ReplyDeleteInteresting video to watch. I understand how the framework of a collective way of communication doesn't possibly apply to everyone and how important it is to remember that there are different frameworks and just because we may be part of a mainstream collective doesn't make us more important.
It is said for example, that, autism is simply a different way of communicating to which most people simply cannot fully understand or tune to. Having had a Father who was autistic I experienced first hand a way of communicating that was challenging at best to the framework that I learnt in my collective educational environment.
Something out of the ordinary is something society continues to have difficulty working with. Children do not grow learning and developing skills around acceptance and compassion in schools. Consequently you will face some of these challenges in life in order to understand your own existence as a human being and communicate with kindness.
I must confess I didn't fully enjoy the video, not because I was not comfortable but I find this kind of video too voyeuristic ( despite the narrator mentioning that was not the intention) and loose interest very quickly.