Rachel Emily Taylor
Course Leader, BA Illustration
- Group Behaviour
Group size?
Large group through necessity but does that work against vulnerability?
- In a larger group people show off
7-8 largest possible for vulnerability
- Students without language to communicate feelings
Instead communicating through body language and actions – performance
- Dominant voices or first responses set patterns of engagement
Power dynamics
- Insights students behaving differently to BA could also be due to the performative element of workshops
Sometimes seen as extension of interview, application process
- Is perception of story generational? And therefore not necessarily connected to vulnerability, sensitivity and honesty?
Does a story mean something specific to them?
Cannot rely on assumptions (Cultural Capital!)
- Communication on the screen – different?
Chat function different?
- Working with young people, ethical concerns around voice huge
Teenagers automatically vulnerable
Safeguarding measure could act like a straitjacket
- Space produced different results in terms of empathy and vulnerability – Home best
Tests, school, theatre, home
- Place of emotion in process better understood in drama?
- Dorothy Heathcote
Mantle of the Expert
Do drama courses know how to handle emotion and vulnerability in a learning setting?
- Stanislavsky
Magic ‘If’
Emotional Memory
- Distance needed for critical analysis?