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When do politicians dance part 4: When they feel like it
In the last post I turned to a 2009 research paper on why British and Dutch politicians chose to go on Have I Continue reading →
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When do politicians dance part 5: Anti-elitism
In the last two posts I have been using a 2009 research paper on why British and Dutch politicians chose Continue reading →
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The body of the speech
Mil Vukovic recalls some speeches from her life. I witnessed a lot of political speeches in my early life. I Continue reading →
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UKIP, Hofesh Shechter and fascists
I’d like to draw a tentative line between a couple of events from the past weekend. The first is an interview with Continue reading →
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Persuasion is positioning
Rarely is speech simply a medium of communication, the channel along which a message is transmitted from A to B. Continue reading →
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Embodied metaphor
“…valley of segregation…” “…path of racial justice…” “…solid rock of brotherhood…” Metaphor is unquestionably a powerful tool in speeches. These Continue reading →
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Open House
Open House is a short speech and movement score for 10-60 people. Using verbatim text from the national parliament it makes Continue reading →
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Eat it
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Speaking of Dance
The state of the current condition of humanity (and its implicit modes of communication) is best illustrated when considering a thought-experiment. Let us imagine a world in which every speech,...
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