Tuning
When two people meet a careful tuning of their bodies, breath and movement, takes place. This tuning is fundamental for any interaction that may happen after. In these first instances of tuning human beings decide how they trust the other being and orchestrate their performance of presence as result.
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The recognition of difference
There is one field, however, in which the contribution of the two projects—the actual witnessing…
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‘Moving above the stream rather than losing oneself in it’: how participatory is ‘participatory’?
‘Techniques will never make a testimony, testimony is pure of any techniques… and yet it already…
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Who, then, is the actual witness?
Western authors walk a thin line. De facto, collaborative undertakings such as ‘Breaking the…
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Developing actor-presence
Non-managers increasingly behave like independent actors in their company, fully aware of their…
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Experiencing the need to change
The first stage refers to managers and employees becoming aware of the challenges their…
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The fifth model
A more promising model surfaced recently (Kaufmann and Tödtling 2001; Kaufmann et al. 2009). It is…
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Periodicity, synchrony, and entrainment
It is becoming evident from these various studies that periodicity, synchrony, and entrainment…
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Interpersonal synchrony
The analysis of synchrony and rhythm in interpersonal communication and human cognition is a…
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Our ‘sensing’ of the other
In her work on witnessed presence, Nevejan (2009) argues that that our awareness and connectivity…
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The internal pulse
From the domain of music and neuroscience, Grahn (2009) provides a comprehensive review of the…
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Neuroscience and entrainment
Within neuroscience, the study of interpersonal synchrony is a new and emerging area of research.
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Voice and synchrony
There is growing research on understanding how our bodies move with voice and how voices move with…
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Flow: synchrony and kinesics
We may notice another person in a group when they are not in sync with everything else. In a study…
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Well-being: intra- and interpersonal synchrony
William Condon proposed that being able to entrain in time with another person facilitates physical…
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Rhythm and music
In contrast to research in anthropology and human interaction, where entrainment, rhythm, and…
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Rhythm and culture
George Leonard (1981) writes about identity as being ‘the stable, persistent, unique quality that…