Communion
When human beings connect with each other or with other natural and intelligent life forms like animals or trees for example, there is the possibility of a shared meaning. When being in a relation in which a shared meaning is emerging, this fundamentally qualifies the relation. Being in communion with another being affects the performance of presence and the negotiation of trust fundamentally.
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Resistance and flow
The differences in our rhythmic pulse pull us to each other. This pulling is not operating at a…
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Interlocking rhythms
Human behaviour is dominated by ‘complex hierarchies of interlocking rhythms’, and in studies…
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Shaped in motherese
Interpersonal synchrony is skill for being in flow and is evidently learned from birth, through…
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Physiological and motor system
In addition to the discussion on error correction, the production or perception of a musical pulse…
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Rhythm in language and music
The rhythmic coupling in Body Moves seems to be akin to music performance. In a choir, for example
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The act of sensing
Some further explanation is needed for Body Moves. As mentioned, these are pragmatic rhythms (Gill…
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Patterns of synchrony and rhythm
The interest in relating prosody (the patterns of vocalization) to body movement arose from the…
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Rhythm in embodied interaction
Research suggests that synchronizing with others may be fundamental to human survival (Cross 2006
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Sensing between self and other
We know that the probability and speed of response in communication vary with it being mediated or…
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The development of workplace design
I put forward that, for a long time, workplace design has been modelled on a presence-in-person…
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The potential of presence design
A comment on my intertwined role as designer and researcher is in place. As designers, my…
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Sense of being there
My study is equally informed by research that has determined factors that may contribute to poorer…
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The layout of mediated environment
The illustration below shows the layout of the mediated consulting room and the therapist’s office
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extended drawing
the presentation and the abstract below reflect the general directions of the PHD project I am…
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Experiment for mediating corridors/cross roads hang out
Informal conversation are fundamental to how organizations function. Is it possible to mediate such…