Body-language and nonverbal communication

Facial expression is different in different cultures

By: Ulrich Sollmann
12-06-2013
Body language, intercultural, psychology, science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facial expression is different in different cultures

Central to all human interaction is the mutual understanding of emotions, achieved primarily by a set of biologically rooted social signals evolved for this purpose—facial expressions of emotion. Although facial expressions are widely considered to be the universal language of Emotion  and  some negative facial expressions consistently elicit lower recognition levels among Eastern compared to Western Groups  for a meta-analysis and  and  for review). Here, focusing on the decoding of facial expression signals, we merge………

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The Application of Nonverbal Communication (Zhang Xiaoqin)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
07-06-2013
intercultural, nonverbal communication, society

The Application of Nonverbal Communication (Zhang Xiaoqin)

Abstract: Nonverbal communication is very important because we use the actions of others to learn about their affective or emotional states. The paper is mainly directed towards an English teacher who needs to acquire and apply nonverbal communication, which will enable us to cope with everyday communicative situations.Firstly, it summarizes the importance of nonverbal communication. It then points out some functions of nonverbal communication which will help the teacher to orient his own activity within the classroom. Finally, it discusses the relationships between nonverbal communication and culture which will help the learners in their acquisition of communicative ability.

Key words: nonverbal communication; functions;culture differences

If you want to get to know more about it, have a look. It`s worth reading

http://www1.open.edu.cn/elt/9/4.htm

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Money is……….

By: Ulrich Sollmann
02-06-2013
intercultural, nonverbal communication, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money is …………

coagulated feeling/emotion and functions in form of relationship among people of and in all cultures.

photo: http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/540784/540784,1298858895,1/stock-photo-sex-and-money-symbol-represented-by-two-humans-face-to-face-in-a-relationship-crisis-72100549.jpg

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Communicating food and meals by photos in web 2.0 (part 2)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
30-05-2013
intercultural, nonverbal communication, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communicating food and meals by photos in web 2.0 (part 2)

Perhaps you remember what I posted yesterday on communicating food and meals via web 2.0. Here you will find more aspects:

 

  •  if you also show your friends dining together with you, that you are socially well accepted, and that you are insofar successful.
  • Relating this to the change in family structure at least in Germany you can see that families in Germany get smaller and the dining tables grow bigger.
  • If people comment this in social media with „LIKE“ they ………..
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Communicating food and meals by photos in web 2.0 (part 1)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
29-05-2013
intercultural, nonverbal communication, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communicating food and meals by photos in web 2.0 (part 1)

Why do so any people take photos of their meals? And post them even while eating?

This phenomena is so common that most of us don`t these questions. Let me take some time to think about it and share my ideas. The German professor Eva Barlösius just published a book, called „sociology of meals / eating“. The conclusions of her study convinced me at  once. Here is a very brief summary, in order not to disturb you while eating. J

  • Since centuries already it is common that people present their meals. Nowadays via photo. Years or ages ago via paintings. You will find, ……………
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Function of the eyes (an embodyed story -part 8-)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
27-05-2013
Body language, intercultural, News, psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function of the eyes (an embodyed story -part 8 -)

Eyes are the key:

  • The key in first sight contact
  • The key as it is a visual contact
  • The key which helps to distinguish: YOU and ME
  • The key which proofs that…………….
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Is there a difference between you and me? (An embodyed story -7-)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
20-05-2013
Body language, intercultural, nonverbal communication, psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a difference between you and me? (An embodyed story -7-)

of course I could relax besides this young lady. I felt quite comfortable lying there when my attention always moved back to these faces. The puppets touched each other and gave the impression ” we belong together”. We are here and we know what we want. We are aware of YOU being here but we do NOT address you. We don`t want you to become important by ………    

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Awareness and attention needs digestion (an embodyed story part -6-)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
19-05-2013
Body language, intercultural, News, nonverbal communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awareness and attention needs digestion (an embodyed story part -6-)

 

my attention jumped from one little detailed piece to another. There were so many that, if I had really jumped in too deep, it would have last ages to find orientation and not getting lost.
It is just like in real life I thought. Being confronted with so many details which cry for attention or being watched and observed that it would be too much for our little brain just to let go. Though letting go is a basic experience and principle to survive in this chaos which determins real life.
Being able to let go in this chaos, and I can tell you it is not easy at all, brings us to some resting pole in order to calm down. To calm down and digeste what we have seen and what has overwhelmed us without (often) consciously realizing it.
So to make it short: following the process of your awareness / attention always has to lead to moments of digesting. Otherwise we get lost in and by awareness.
So I want to invite you to lie down besides this beautiful looking jung lady, have a rest and enjoy.

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Expression and impression (an embodyed story part 5)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
13-05-2013
Body language, intercultural, nonverbal communication, psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Expression and impression (an embodyed story part 5) 

Being caught by some detail I just had to look around. Had to stand still, move my head from one side to the other, facing a whole new world of creatures which I had never seen before. Creatures deriving from a continent of relevance which was and probably still is strange to me. Again I was fascinated by this world of creatures who started talking to me in a mother tongue which was familiar to me though not ………..

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Respect for a first detail is the start of exploration (an embodyed story part 4)

By: Ulrich Sollmann
11-05-2013
Body language, intercultural, nonverbal communication, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respect for a first detail is the start of exploration (an embodyed story part 4)

When I had entered the tiny shop or so to say small studio of the old woman my eyes first caught sight of this puppet which you can see on the photo. A lifeless puppet as it seems to be. Not really interesting. Not worth to enter the shop I said to myself. And yet the arrangement of the puppet without a head and the other stuff looked so strange and thus attractive, that I started looking around. Maybe it was the fact that there was this uncoordinated arrangement, with ……………   

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