Comments on: gestures http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures Distributed Action Research, communities of practice and social objects by Andy Roberts Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Shirley http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30140 Shirley Tue, 18 May 2004 10:54:23 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30140 Gestures are surprisingly common, though I don't always want to know the story other drivers are telling me. You can delete this if its too silly, Andy. Gestures are surprisingly common, though I don’t always want to know the story other drivers are telling me. You can delete this if its too silly, Andy.

]]> By: Andy http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30139 Andy Tue, 18 May 2004 09:52:42 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30139 I wish i was in the Basque country today. I really need to schedule a visit to finish off some music business I started last time. And damn, I missed the Basque cider festival again. Perhaps now I have started a Personal Development Plan i'll be able to prioritise life a bit better and make time for the things which are important. I wish i was in the Basque country today. I really need to schedule a visit to finish off some music business I started last time. And damn, I missed the Basque cider festival again. Perhaps now I have started a Personal Development Plan i’ll be able to prioritise life a bit better and make time for the things which are important.

]]> By: Gina http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30138 Gina Tue, 18 May 2004 03:37:48 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30138 NIce waving-I have a friend who hails from the Basque Country and he waves his arms around like that all the time-even during dinner with a piece of bread in his hand-I like it! NIce waving-I have a friend who hails from the Basque Country and he waves his arms around like that all the time-even during dinner with a piece of bread in his hand-I like it!

]]> By: Andy http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30137 Andy Mon, 17 May 2004 22:42:55 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30137 You're quite right that it isn't a genuine storytelling. One of the kids at the cyber centre wanted to point the camera at me and I knew that there would have to be some movement to make it interesting, so the performance is spontaneous, but quite meaningless. The thinking about gestures came from a discussion later. You’re quite right that it isn’t a genuine storytelling. One of the kids at the cyber centre wanted to point the camera at me and I knew that there would have to be some movement to make it interesting, so the performance is spontaneous, but quite meaningless. The thinking about gestures came from a discussion later.

]]> By: Cathy http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30136 Cathy Mon, 17 May 2004 19:42:09 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30136 You still look the same, but now, you wave your arms around... ;-) Indeed, one can see that you're not saying anything although the gestures are "plausible" ones. Could you do another video in which you would actually tell a story using gestures, for the sake of comparison? You still look the same, but now, you wave your arms around… ;-) Indeed, one can see that you’re not saying anything although the gestures are “plausible” ones.
Could you do another video in which you would actually tell a story using gestures, for the sake of comparison?

]]> By: Frankie Roberto http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30135 Frankie Roberto Mon, 17 May 2004 16:32:29 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30135 Famous trick: ask someone to describe a spiral staircase. They'll invariably use finger gestures - and most likely find the verbal description to be a lot more difficult. I wonder if children really are 'taught' to use gestures (of the unconscious sort) or they just pick them up. I think they're found across all languages, but I'm not sure. The video is fun, but you can tell that it's staged (unless it's been set up). Which shows that gestures are a natural part of speech and difficult to mimic overtly. Famous trick: ask someone to describe a spiral staircase. They’ll invariably use finger gestures - and most likely find the verbal description to be a lot more difficult.

I wonder if children really are ‘taught’ to use gestures (of the unconscious sort) or they just pick them up. I think they’re found across all languages, but I’m not sure.

The video is fun, but you can tell that it’s staged (unless it’s been set up). Which shows that gestures are a natural part of speech and difficult to mimic overtly.

]]> By: Linda H http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30134 Linda H Mon, 17 May 2004 13:57:52 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/05/14/gestures#comment-30134 Funny how some kids become so inhibited about using gestures. They are a vital part of our Telling into Writing project but by yr5 some children can hardly bring themselves to join in learning the gestures. For others it is only by learning them that they can remember the plot and details of the story.Teachers are sometimes too shy as well and most children are taught the gestures by TAs (who in the main have no such inhibitions!) Funny how some kids become so inhibited about using gestures. They are a vital part of our Telling into Writing project but by yr5 some children can hardly bring themselves to join in learning the gestures. For others it is only by learning them that they can remember the plot and details of the story.Teachers are sometimes too shy as well and most children are taught the gestures by TAs (who in the main have no such inhibitions!)

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