Conversation Between Zuhre And Ayse
(Zuhre and her younger sister Ayse are sitting in the living room having a cup of tea whilst discussing school and University work)
Ayse: Thank God! It’s nearly Christmas I was sick of all these mock GCSE exams!
Zuhre: I don’t even get a break! I have this essay to do but don’t know where to start....
Ayse: You just done one essay didn’t you?
Zuhre: This is another one about how to design better conversational spaces... (Sighs) and I still don’t know how to define a conversational space or a conversation properly! Ayse: A conversation is just two people talking, stupid! (Laughs) Why are you even studying this topic it sounds stupid to me!
Zuhre: If only it was that simple! To have a conversation you don’t even have to speak! Conversation …show more content…
Wait this article might help me define conversation... (She flicks through the pages and finds the section relating to conversation and begins to read) here it says ‘ It’s an exchange of information with a seasoning of emotion and maybe opinion, and the emotion and opinion are what make it interesting’3, Thanks to Pablo we see ‘Conversation has an aim a bit like a predetermined conclusion’.4 A dialogue is different, more free and open and almost a form of learning, where ideas can be exchanged. (She places the article on the table and picks up another) David Bohm describes a dialogue ‘As a way of observing, collectively, how hidden values and intentions can control human behaviour’.5 Almost like sharing opinions and ideas on a certain matter.
Ayse: So like a debate?
Zuhre: Well I wouldn’t say a debate but just like Deborah Tennan explains people today approach everything as a debate which leads to fights and arguments and this is not what conversation should be used for. Pablo’s defines chat as ‘As informal exchange which is unpredictable, interesting but can lead no where’.6
Ayse: Socratic …show more content…
Zuhre: A lot! If people think ‘oh why I should talk to someone I don’t know’, then eventually people will never converse with strangers but if people try breaking these barriers more people will follow. Almost like falling dominoes…
Ayse: Ohhh I get it now but what I don’t get is how you can have a conversation without speaking?
Zuhre: In one of my lessons for this module we created a conversational space within the classroom with no facilitator and everyone began to talk about various things including; sweets, food, and public transport. Everyone voiced a thought or opinion in the discussion accept for me and Jyoti, but this did not mean we were not participating because my eye contact and nodding acknowledgement meant I was still taking part....
Ayse: So even listening without responding is still a conversation?
Zuhre: Yes exactly! A conversation can take many forms and can be seen as a performance. Anthony Howells created a conversational space called, ‘the pleasure of being: washing feeding and holding’. This conversational space simply consisted of people buying tickets to a theatre show but attending a hotel room, where you would be washed, feed and
Ayse: Thank God! It’s nearly Christmas I was sick of all these mock GCSE exams!
Zuhre: I don’t even get a break! I have this essay to do but don’t know where to start....
Ayse: You just done one essay didn’t you?
Zuhre: This is another one about how to design better conversational spaces... (Sighs) and I still don’t know how to define a conversational space or a conversation properly! Ayse: A conversation is just two people talking, stupid! (Laughs) Why are you even studying this topic it sounds stupid to me!
Zuhre: If only it was that simple! To have a conversation you don’t even have to speak! Conversation …show more content…
Wait this article might help me define conversation... (She flicks through the pages and finds the section relating to conversation and begins to read) here it says ‘ It’s an exchange of information with a seasoning of emotion and maybe opinion, and the emotion and opinion are what make it interesting’3, Thanks to Pablo we see ‘Conversation has an aim a bit like a predetermined conclusion’.4 A dialogue is different, more free and open and almost a form of learning, where ideas can be exchanged. (She places the article on the table and picks up another) David Bohm describes a dialogue ‘As a way of observing, collectively, how hidden values and intentions can control human behaviour’.5 Almost like sharing opinions and ideas on a certain matter.
Ayse: So like a debate?
Zuhre: Well I wouldn’t say a debate but just like Deborah Tennan explains people today approach everything as a debate which leads to fights and arguments and this is not what conversation should be used for. Pablo’s defines chat as ‘As informal exchange which is unpredictable, interesting but can lead no where’.6
Ayse: Socratic …show more content…
Zuhre: A lot! If people think ‘oh why I should talk to someone I don’t know’, then eventually people will never converse with strangers but if people try breaking these barriers more people will follow. Almost like falling dominoes…
Ayse: Ohhh I get it now but what I don’t get is how you can have a conversation without speaking?
Zuhre: In one of my lessons for this module we created a conversational space within the classroom with no facilitator and everyone began to talk about various things including; sweets, food, and public transport. Everyone voiced a thought or opinion in the discussion accept for me and Jyoti, but this did not mean we were not participating because my eye contact and nodding acknowledgement meant I was still taking part....
Ayse: So even listening without responding is still a conversation?
Zuhre: Yes exactly! A conversation can take many forms and can be seen as a performance. Anthony Howells created a conversational space called, ‘the pleasure of being: washing feeding and holding’. This conversational space simply consisted of people buying tickets to a theatre show but attending a hotel room, where you would be washed, feed and