Children's Embodied Voices: Approaching Children's Experiences Through Multi-Modal Interviewing

• DOI: 10.29173/pandpr19822
• Publication Date: 2019-01-11T23:22:51Z
• Authors: Charlotte Svendle...
• Keywords: Interview; Modalities

This article focuses on a multi-modal interview approach that has been developed as part of research project. The goal the was to explore and better understand children's embodied experiences expressions in movement. emphasizes non-verbal, giving children an opportunity focus "the felt sense" (Gendlin, 1983), express their variety forms through use metaphors (Egan, 1997; Gendlin, 1983, 1997). Inspired by Arnold Mindell's (1985) work shifting channels our ways experiencing world, this paper works with adaptation Eugene T. Gendlin's "focusing technique" one significantly expands repertoire modalities using drawing, colours, words, sound, music Narratives have created voices expressions. includes example narrative illustrates how helped movement experiences. is analysed means hermeneutic phenomenological (van Manen, 1990), which themes/lived meanings child's are elucidated. closes discussion can help cast light relationships between body, movement, language, could also inspire somatic perspective when teaching dance schools.