Orientation for communication: embodiment, and the language of dance
Akinleye, Adesola (2012) Orientation for communication: embodiment, and the language of dance. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 4 (2). pp. 101-112. ISSN 1757-1952
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Abstract
In this article I explore the place of movement, particularly dance, in understanding and communication of the lived experience. I look at the gap between corporeal sensation and the communication of that knowledge into wider social contexts. Drawing on narratives gathered from four case studies in British schools, I look at dance as a mode of language that can offer a methodological approach to understanding the lived experience.
I take the pragmatist starting point of embodiment to argue that the immediacy of empirical experience is limited by the use of verbal languages alone to organize meaning-making. I suggest that ideas are three-dimensional, having aspects that are revealed by the attributes of different languages but are not limited to the language through which they are communicated. Therefore a network of languages, including movement languages, can create a web of understanding that addresses the deficits of each single language within that web. I suggest that a focus on just one mode of language to communicate ideas could result in a loss of engagement with the full potential of an idea. I suggest that different languages have a rhizomatic relationship each having equal potential to add to the quality and ‘thickness’ of communication of the multi-layered experience of embodiment.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Publisher: Intellect in association with European Communication Research and Education Association |
Keywords (uncontrolled): | embodiment, dance, communication, sensation, perception, language |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Media and Performing Arts A. > School of Media and Performing Arts > Media > English Language and Literature A. > School of Media and Performing Arts > Performing Arts > Dance group |
Item ID: | 17713 |
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Depositing User: | Adesola Akinleye |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2015 11:33 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2018 08:28 |
URI: | http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/17713 |
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