Examinando por Autor "Cannon, Clare Elizabeth"

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Achieving flow in the classroom to stimulate creativity and connection
(Dykinson S.L., 2023) Cannon, Clare Elizabeth
The best dual outcome for any class is that 1. students enter into flow, experiencing peak performance and stimulating individual creativity, and 2. are able to build deep connections with other students, learning how to dialogue and collaborate across difference in order to achieve dynamic creativity together with others. The following chapter introduces a flow structured tertiary class with transferable activities that stimulate peak performance and creativity. At the same time, the activities will provide opportunity to build deep connections among participants, giving them new skills to collaborate across difference and generate more creative outcomes. Based on the neuroscience of flow and the latest diversity and inclusion research, both are here brought together in a transformative, transferable classroom experience. It may be adapted for an in-person, an online and a hybrid audience so that the technology becomes invisible and the experience barely distinguishable.
La vida en un tren: un estudio poético del finale de This is Us
(Dixit, 2023-12-01) Cannon, Clare Elizabeth; Latorre Izquierdo, Jorge
Este artículo analiza en profundidad el capítulo penúltimo de la serie This is Us (NBC, 2016-2022), un verdadero finale que compila toda la serie, puesto que el último capítulo sería como un epílogo de este. La serie ha sido ampliamente premiada tanto a nivel nacional como internacional debido a su calidad estética y convincentes historias. El análisis del capítulo explora tanto su contenido como la complejidad narrativa y su compromiso con la diversidad en temas como raza, género, edad, peso, situación económica, discapacidad y diferencias de personalidad. Con técnicas narrativas complejas y un enfoque en las relaciones interpersonales, el capítulo examinado ejemplifica cómo la televisión compleja utiliza géneros y técnicas narrativas híbridas para impulsar la transformación positiva de los personajes protagonistas. Al mismo tiempo, ofrece un magnífico ejemplo de cómo This is Us ha logrado contar historias humanas cotidianas en televisión de máxima audiencia, con un guion magistral que anticipó y logró este finale impactante y concluyente, sin perder su capacidad de dejar espacio para la ambigüedad, tal como requiere ser narrada la verdadera complejidad de la vida.
The Atlántida of Capitalism. The murals of Sert in the decorative programme of New York’s Rockefeller Center
(Universidad de Navarra, 2021-04-14) Latorre Izquierdo, Jorge; Jiménez González, Marcos; Cannon, Clare Elizabeth
New York’s Rockefeller Center is one of most symbolically rich places in the world, although few of its millions of visitors stop to reflect on what its images of power really mean. In the form of an Atlantean mythological allegory, Rockefeller Center was conceived as symbolic propaganda for capitalist, liberal values implicit in both the ‘American Dream’ and the ideology espoused by the Rockefeller family. It embodies the utopia of progress and science that promotes the freedom of the individual and the free movement of capital. Due to ideological clashes –or the vagaries of fate– the Catalan José María Sert was the artist to ultimately complete the most eloquent mural in the main building, a mural which had formerly been painted by Diego de Rivera, and entitled Man at the Crossroads. Sert was a muralist who had previously worked on the scenographic illustration of Manuel de Falla’s Atlántida, capturing some of the motifs that inspired that great cantata based on poetic texts by Jacint Verdaguer. That earlier work is reflected in the lobby of Rockefeller Center’s main building. While Diego de Rivera’s censored frescoes have been studied prolifically, little attention has been paid to Sert’s paradoxical reading of the same subjects. In this article, we analyse the history of the Atlantean Mediterranean literary myth in relation to Spain, the use John D. Rockefeller Jr. made of them in his emblematic urbanistic ensemble, and also the peculiar reading that the Catalan muralist made of these themes of Atlantis in relation to capitalism.
The science of bridging differences and the dialogic transformation of conflict: a case study from This is Us
(Universidad de Navarra, 2023-06-01) Cannon, Clare Elizabeth
In a climate of increasing social and political polarisation, there is much interest in dialogue and bridging differences. This article investigates the dramatisation of dialogic conflict resolution, examining how the psychological science of bridging differences can be utilised to create realistic and emotionally engaging narratives that highlight the transformative impact of dialogue on character development and relational dynamics. Relational conflicts have long been recognised as possible catalysts for character transformation, and complex narratives (Mittell, 2015) are particularly appropriate for a nuanced representation of characters’ psychological experiences throughout the process. This study draws upon extensive psychological and communication research on bridging differences compiled by Shigeoka et al. (2020) and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (2021). It reorganises this research into a horizontal timeline of behaviours, highlighting their practical application during the conflict resolution process. It then makes a cognitive poetics analysis of how these behaviours may be observed in a case study of relational conflict from the complex television series This is Us (NBC, 2016-2022). By observing the impact these behaviours have on the transformation of characters, the study explores how credible dialogic relational conflicts can lead to verisimilar character transformation on screen. In addition, it considers how an artistic interpretation of the science of bridging differences can contribute to our understanding of dialogue in practice.
The transformative Impact of Dialogue in Relational Conflict: the Case of This is Us
(Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 2024) Cannon, Clare Elizabeth
Amidst growing social and political polarisation, there is an increasing awareness of the potential for dialogue to help bridge differences among diverse people. In addition to focusing on differences and the conflicts they can cause, recent psychology and communication research has identified behaviours which help to build dialogue, facilitate mutual understanding, and even encourage collaboration. When exploring how these themes are treated on screen, studies have tended to focus on thematic diversity research, qualifying the authenticity and quantity of the representation of difference. From a dramatic perspective, however, relational conflicts are known to be potential triggers for character development and transformation. Through contact with different characters, a character can discover needs and limitations which they are called to address. Relational conflicts are particularly relevant in complex television series, a mode of audiovisual storytelling which combines both serial and episodic television over several seasons. It allows for the development of multiple relationship subplots which may contribute to the transformation of a character. This present study is informed by the psychological science of dialogue and bridging differences synthesised in the work of Shigeoka et al. in the Bridging Differences Playbook (2020), and the research presented by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center in the Bridging Differences Course (2021), to identify behaviours that facilitate transformation through the dialogic resolution of relational conflict. It then analyses how these behaviours may be identified in key relational conflicts depicted in the complex television series This is Us (NBC, 2016-2022), and assesses how they influence credible character transformation. The research allows us to explore two key aspects: firstly, how dialogic relational conflicts can facilitate realistic character transformation on screen, and secondly, how an artistic, mimetic representation of the science of dialogue and bridging differences can enhance our comprehension of dialogue in practice.