For this work, who is the person-in-need? I make many claims about the world around me—the people around me—that are unfounded. People need grounding. Which people? Do I need grounding? Do my friends, family, professors, co-workers, grocery store clerks, etc. …
Year: 2018
They Say It’s Our Spirit
These past weeks, I have been reading David Barnhill’s multicultural anthology, At Home On The Earth: Becoming Native to Our Place. Essay after essay by N Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Wendell Berry, Bell Hooks, John Haines, Thomas Berry …
PODCAST: On Foot
Transcript
Obuchi: You’re listening to episode one of On Foot.
Naomi: This podcast is produced by Obuchi Adikema and Naomi Worob. It follows our research at Grinnell College entitled Embodied Experiences in the Environment.
Naomi: My name is Naomi Worob …
ACTIVITY: Personal Data Dance
This activity is based off of concepts from the book Dear Data by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec and a similar set of activities that I learned from Pamela Fellers and in her class Data Stories at Grinnell College in …
ACTIVITY: Sight
VISUAL TOUCH
Begin standing tall. Pick an object in the distance or across the room and stare at it intently. Feel the object with your eyes. What does it look like it, smell like? If you knocked it with your …
ACTIVITY: On Foot
These past two weeks my research partner, Obuchi, and I have challenged ourselves one day a week to find places walking-distance away from our homes to do our dancing research*. Two times now, we have found ourselves agreeing to dance …
ACTIVITY: Sound
“Amid the myriad sounds that accompany our daily lives, we focus on only a few with any clarity—those that engage our attention. Yet we are affected by all the vibrations in the environment, whether we are conscious of them or …
The Cell Phone Camera and Performance
Last week, I attended an outdoor concert for one of my favorite bands where it was the first time I had ever seen them live. Throughout the concert, I had an internal conflict about whether or not I should focus …
Publicly Playing in Our Adult Bodies
Yesterday morning Obuchi and I set out on a mission to get to know different spaces and places in Grinnell. Walking on sidewalks and through neighborhoods, we looked for a place that would welcome us and our dancing, moving, researching …
ACTIVITY: Whimsy
Whimsy: “Whimsy is what a person who’s a dreamer and out of step with the real world might have lots of. People who are full of whimsy are odd, but often fanciful and lovely, like Harry Potter’s friend Luna Lovegood.…
