2007
DOI: 10.1177/0022167807301894
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Moving Through Conflict: Understanding Personal and Cultural Differences Through Movement Style

Abstract: Much of human communication is nonverbal, through body and movement expression and messages. Different cultures and societies have their own nonverbal lexicons that are a crucial part of each person's individual movement patterns. Conflicts between members of different cultures that often first unconsciously arise on the nonverbal level can contribute to serious misunderstandings of another's behavior and motivation. This workshop offered participants an opportunity to explore those cultural and personal diffe… Show more

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“…-Personal Movement Signature/Style: An individual's distinguishable movement patterns that is influenced by a combination of factors such as the individual's physical build and cultural background (Bartenieff and Lewis, 1980;Serlin et al, 2007).…”
Section: Definition Of Key Conceptsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…-Personal Movement Signature/Style: An individual's distinguishable movement patterns that is influenced by a combination of factors such as the individual's physical build and cultural background (Bartenieff and Lewis, 1980;Serlin et al, 2007).…”
Section: Definition Of Key Conceptsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…She says that “our task as therapists is to restore congruence between thinking, feeling, and action; between psyche, soma, and language; between logos and eros” (Serlin, 1996, p. 32). In her work, she uses movement and nonverbal communication to understand conflict and connection, such as that between a group of Israelis and Palestinians in workshops she and her colleagues (Serlin, Berger, & Bar-Sinai, 2007) taught in Israel. The authors found that movements work as a powerful tool for understanding the nature of conflict and discord between the groups.…”
Section: Part Iii: Women Who Forged the Way In Existential Psychologymentioning
confidence: 99%