Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Talk: Verbal/ Non Verbal Communication

I attended a talk which was in German but got some insights from it nonetheless after it was translated to me.

Verbal or non verbal communications in public spaces rely heavily on body language and expression. There is ofcourse a difference between genders and cultures.
Like in theatre, 'back stage' talks about your inner most emotions whereas 'front stage' talks about what you show to the public.
There are rules for men and women which were not formed at birth, but something that evolved with society and communities. One is required to 'behave' like a man or woman. The ideas was to regain the lost emotions across these genders and cultures.

A woman, while talking to her lover, doesn't express the emotion of anger by shouting, but often twirls her hair as her way of letting it out - a common gesture. But the mobile phone recognises this gesture(the product can be piece of artificial hair attached to herself which she twirls) and converts it into electric shocks at the other end to the man.

Similarly a man, who doesn't express the feeling of sadness, his mobile phone recognises his gestures and makes the phone at the other end cry with tears.

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