Listening

  • Socratic Dialogue, Multimodal Version

    Socratic Dialogue, Multimodal Version Purpose: Who with: Variations: Duration: Author: Martijn Boven, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands.

  • Philosophical Inquiry

    Philosophical Inquiry Purpose: Who with: Variations: Duration: Author: Ingimar Olafsson Waage, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik.

  • Acting Out Discourses

    Acting Out Discourses Students read different parts of a selected article Purpose: Who with: Author: Lisbet Skregelid, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

  • Moment(s) of Embodied Reflection, in various locations

    Moment(s) of Embodied Reflection, in Various Locations Background: This method was created for PIMDI intensive week in Kristiansand, April 2022. It is based on work with and for dance and theatre pedagogy MA students at the University of the Arts, Helsinki. It is purposefully guided and formatted in a “supra-subjective” mode, that is, without an…

  • Propositions

    Propositions Background: Propositions comes from a/r/tography (https://artography.edcp.educ.ubc.ca), from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, Senses Sustainability Education? Purpose: Who for: Variations: Helene Illeris and Lisbet Skregelid, a shared teaching practice together with xxx, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

  • Haiku 

    Haiku Background: Haiku is a Japanese-origin form of poetry that captures moments in a very small space and leaves room for imagination. Basic form is the following:  three phrases, 17 syllables, structure: 5-7-5 (short, long, short). There are no rhymes in haiku. Haikus are simple, minimalistic, symbolic, and they focus on nature, perceptions, senses, emotions. Haikus…

  • Dancing to Playlist Related to Months 

    Dancing to Playlist Related to Months This method was created for a reflection session that covered the whole academic year. Instructions: Purpose: Who for: Variations: Duration: Author: Eeva Anttila, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland.

  • Word Shower

    Word Shower Everyone’s eyes closed, in a circle or open positioning in the space Purpose: Who with: Duration: Author: Hye Joung Park, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik.

  • Walking, Photographing and Recording

    Walking, Photographing and Recording Walking in nature Purpose: Article on the topic coming out later Author: Tormod Anundsen, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

  • Looking at the Dimensions of a Topic

    Looking at the Dimensions of a Topic Purpose: Who with: Variations: Author: Gudrun Beckmann, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.

  • Movement Reflection (inspired by the method of Authentic Movement)

    Movement Reflection (inspired by the method of Authentic Movement) Background: Authentic Movement is an approach to creative movement practice (originally known as Movement-in-depth) developed by dancer and Jungian psychologist Mary Starks Whitehouse. Purpose: Who with: Variations: Duration: Author: Liisa Jaakonaho, University of the Arts Helsinki.

  • Positioning Different Roles in Space

    Positioning Different Roles in Space An imagined spatial triangle of roles: teacher, artist, researcher Purpose:          Who with:       Variations:      Authors: Gudrun Beckmann and Nathalie Beekman, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Netherlands.

  • A Quick Embodied Reflection of a Class

    A Quick Embodied Reflection of a Class At the end of the class, in a circle / free formation, eyes closed: Purpose:                      Who with:       Variations:      Duration:         Author: Nathalie Beekman, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands.

  • Name and Weather Condition

    Name and Weather Condition In the PIMDI intensive week in Iceland, this exercise was done when the group first met together. In a circle, each person takes their turn, saying their name and a weather condition that they relate to or feel that they could embody at that moment. Purpose: Who with: Variations: Duration: Authors:…

  • Workshop at the Elia conference

    Workshop at the Elia conference …During ELIA Academy we would like to have unexpected dialogues with colleagues in Europe. We will experiment with interventions following our so-called PIMDI cycle: Disruption – Suspension – Confrontation – Exploring – Translation. We have already tried out these kinds of experiments within our learning community of lecturers and students…

  • Listening Drawing, Talking about ‘A meaningful place’ 

    Listening Drawing, Talking about ‘A meaningful place‘ In short   For this workshop, I combined the exercise of Radical Listening with a drawing exercise. Couples tell each other about a meaningful place. Afterward, they visualize what they have heard from their peer. New meaningful places emerge from radically listening to each other.   ——— Inspired by…

  • Walk: Detour 

    Walk: Detour In short These exercises are done in pairs. Once the participants understand the process, the exercise is executed in silence.   Process  

  • Language  

    Language Five together    Find a place/situation where you feel connected. Write down 3–5 words /phrases on separate paper and bring them inside.    One by one the group will arrange and rearrange the pieces of paper on the floor in silence and read it together when the composition is done.   Three together    Find an object that…

  • Rythm of the heart 

    Rythm of the Heart In short   PIMDI students presentation from the Helsinki Intensive week in 2021 that describes encounters with elderly people in care homes. Description Musician, dancer and visual artist trio invited the participants to listen, respond and move to the rhythm of their bodies. Students wanted to build a loose frame around the…

  • Listening walk

       Listening walk In short   A prerequisite of any dialogue, hence also the imaginative dialogue, is the sensitivity of listening. This is an exercise where the participants share their choice of place and a poem in their own language. The participants make recordings of their exploration and reading of the poem. Each participant is conscious…