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A glance behind the empty canvas
Lunch
time lecture with Pat and Dot – “Don’t say it,
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| Is it possible to read other people’s feelings only by looking at their gestures and their body language? Pat Shrimpton and Dorothy Astrom answered this question in yesterday’s lunchtime lecture. Let me give you an example for that. When somebody is bored or just a little bit uninterested in what the other one is saying, they might start clicking a pen or putting on lipstick (if it is a woman). However, when they are interested in or excited about something they become livelier and use more gestures with their body. Their faces shine and they talk faster and louder. |
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These are things in your behaviour that you might not always be aware of, but which become even more important when you are interacting with other cultures. Because this is always a source of misunderstanding that is easily dicharged when putting some effort in developing awareness in the field of your non-verbal communication. Special thanks to Pat and Dot who did a fantastic job visualizing this very interesting topic. By Marie Nilsson |
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| What
are Stones? |
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It
is amazing that something as inert as stones can hide so much life
and tell so many stories. This is what we have discovered throughout
the ‘Stones Activity’ around Achill Island. There are
so many things related to this. People from Achill used stones in
so many ways in their everyday life. By the 19th century stones
were used as the main material for building houses, which is still
visible in the Deserted Village, for making roads, for the graveyards,
for crosses, most of the relevant things on the island are made
of stone.
This afternoon we have been on the beach collecting stones and sand for our mosaic. We attempted to do a picture of the sunset in the sea, so we drew the water and the sand with stones, for which we used stones of different colours. Eva
Eiroa Rosado |
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Global
Responsibility Lecture |
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The lecture about global responsibility was really
pleasant and valuable. Between all workshops, my catering job and
pubs, I only have time left to sleep. So this was the first occasion
were I could take a break to think about the real sense of our presence
here in this extraordinary place at the far end of Ireland, namely
Achill. We went through three basic questions: What did I expect
before the project? What did I experience during this week? And
what will I bring back with me to my “normal life”?
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For me, this is a really important part of the project because it does not only teach you to manage tasks but also helps your personal development. And this lecture has helped us to be aware of searching what it is all about. Sheila McHugh has really competence to catch the attention of her public and share her emotions. Snippets of her talk as "search for the empty canvas and start from scratch each day painting your life in colour" or " Achill feels like a primordial place" brought thoughts up that are rarely touched in our daily life. The purpose of wisdom is to feel comfortable with emptiness. If you have no ideas what it means, please take time to think about this. By Michael Darde |
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Emigration Workshop
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The
emigration group has been working hard on getting a grip of the
big question about emigration on Achill. The focus of our study
is the return of emigrants to Achill. Our methods to achieve our
goal has been to do research and interviewing the local people.
This has been really successful since the locals have been very
helpful giving us good, first-hand information. One man called Marc
drove us around the island and with each different view coming up,
there was another story to tell. In that way, we learned a lot about
Ireland and the Irish people.
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Ulrika Hoonk |
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