Art Of Conversation Research Articles

Your New Head of the Undergraduate Medical School - An Introduction from Prof. Malcolm Shepherd

A long time ago….. and by a long time Imean before new Dr Who, before iPhonesand around the first appearance of StarWars Lego …… truly a very long time ago,things were simpler. Not necessarilybetter, different, much simpler….notclearly better, but definitely better!Conversations never ended, lasting longinto the night without conclusion; no onewas blessed with facts, just opinions andpassion. ‘Britain will remain at the centre ofEurope….’‘no way William Shatner (original CaptainKirk for non-geeks) will ever get intospace …’‘Glasgow could never host the biggestcycling event of all time…..’‘no, you could not possibly be allergic tored meat, you are made of red meat…’Of course now smartphones and theinternet have relegated the art ofconversation to a list of facts and dates,and no one speaks to each other without aseries of emojis and hand gestures. Or Imight have got that wrong you tell me…….‘But surely. Old man’ you say, carefullypicking the most contentious topic fromthe list above, Surely you cannot beallergic to red meat, we are all mammals,and the rules of Immunology say youcannot be immune to self.’‘Ah’ says the wise old man (In this scenariobizarrely that is me), ‘a long time ago youwould be correct, but in 2002 strangereports emerged that people with ahistory of tick bites, experiencedanaphylaxis after eating red meat’. Now across the world from Australia toNorth East USA the phenomenon of redmeat allergy causing strange delayedonset anaphylaxis, often as much as 4 hours after eating has been recognised.Breaking many rules of allergy fromrapid onset to variable presentation thestrangest aspect of this allergy is thatsensitisation seems to follow the bite ofparticular species of ticks. One of thoseticks is the indigenous Deer tick in theUK and so yes this allergy is found inrelatively high numbers in Scotland.Don’t worry, it is very very rare, but wehave identified around 40 patients whohave this allergy after being bitten byticks in Scotland.‘So what?’ you may say ‘its so rare whyshould we worry’. Well the truth is thattick populations are growing in the UK.There are a number of reasons, butglobal climate change with warmermoister winters probably play a part.Increased use of rural environmentswith Scotland’s amazing right to roamlegislation and wonderful landscapeincreases the exposure of urban andrural populations to ticks and we areseeing sufferers from all regions of thecountry. Climate change is an engine of change inhealth science and while self-allergymay seem a trivial example, it is a verypowerful concept; our immune systemsturning on ourselves in the face of awarming climate. Allergy medicine is fullof the human consequences of awarming climate from self-allergy topan-allergens crossing botanical speciesand we see new patterns of disease emerging from theenvironmental catastrophe we arefacing. Learning about the engines of change inmedicine and discovering what healthscience can do to limit our global impactwill become an increasingly importantaspect of Medicine as you becomeleaders and innovators of the future. Ihope we can inspire you to think aboutthe ways we can all work to limit this andavoid potential catastrophe.

Views of patients with progressive illness and carers about the role of digital advance care planning systems to record and share information: A qualitative study.

Digital approaches are being explored internationally to support the elicitation, documentation and sharing of advance care planning information. However, the views and experiences of patients and carers are little understood, impeding the development and impact of digital approaches to strengthen palliative and end-of-life care. To explore perspectives of patients with progressive illness and their carers on digital approaches to advance care planning, anticipated impact from their use and expectations for their future development. A qualitative study employing thematic framework analysis of data collected from focus groups and semi-structured interviews. Purposive sample of 29 patients and 15 current or bereaved carers in London and West Yorkshire from hospice settings, non-governmental support and advocacy groups, and care home residents. Four generated themes included: 1. 'Why haven't you read what's wrong with me?'; uncertainty around professionals' documenting, sharing and use of information; 2. The art of decision-making relies on the art of conversation; 3. The perceived value in having 'a say in matters': control and responsibility; 4. Enabling patient and carer control of their records: 'custodianship is key'. Lived experiences of information sharing influenced trust and confidence in digital advance care planning systems. Despite scepticism about the extent that care can be delivered in line with their preferences, patients and carers acknowledge digital systems could facilitate care through contemporaneous and accurately documented wishes and preferences. There remains a need to determine how independent patient and public-facing advance care planning resources might be integrated with existing digital health record systems.

Seeing Things Differently: Painting, the Object and the Art of Conversation

AbstractClare Hamman gives us a peek into the impressive collection of Alsop paintings held by the Marco Goldschmeid Foundation, and ruminates on the applications for which Alsop used his painterly instincts. Firstly, this was to clear his own mind of preconceived ideas, then, as a catalyst for creativity in his office and with collaborators, as well as a prompt for open‐minded discussion with clients. Hamman positions the role of painting in Alsop's design practice as both a life‐giving force and powerful means of popular communication.

Book Review: The Art of Conversation in Cancer Care: Lessons for Caregivers

Book Review: The Art of Conversation in Cancer Care: Lessons for Caregivers

The Art of Conversation: How Do We Communicate Successfully?

Every day we talk with people. But have you ever wondered how two people with completely separate minds manage to understand each other? To have a successful conversation, you must understand the language that the other person is using and produce language that your conversational partner can understand, otherwise communicating can become difficult. One thing that human speakers do to make sure that the other person understands them is to copy the language that their conversational partners use, such as their word choices. This is called alignment, and it increases the likelihood of two people having a successful conversation or doing well on a shared task. Scientific experiments have shown that alignment is an important feature of human communication that occurs in multiple situations. In this article, we explain three different types of alignment that speakers use and describe how language scientists study alignment.

“Real space is experience space”: David Antin’s philosophy of photography

This article surveys poet David Antin’s ideas about photography at the turn of the 1970s. Then-new Chair of the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego, Antin shepherded the department’s now-landmark photography program while also experimenting with photography himself as a medium for his philosophy and poetry. Closely reading the cover of Antin’s poetry book Talking (1972), I consider how Antin used photography to represent “real space” — to Antin, the pulse and texture of thinking and talking, its shifts and pauses in response to internal and environmental stimuli. Setting Talking alongside Antin’s critical essays of the same years, I argue that Antin was working toward an art of conversation; specifically, an attention to artist-audience relationships. I also suggest that Antin’s interest in representing the conversational offered an influential theory of photography that Antin’s mentees Martha Rosler and Allan Sekula (among others) elaborated in their landmark “reinvention of documentary” of the late 1970s-early 1980s.

Exploring the Possible Contributions of the African Palaver towards a Participatory Synodal Church

Abstract This essay argues for a participatory synodal Church and the possible contributions of the African palaver as a model for participatory dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church. The African palaver is the art of conversation, dialogue, and consensus-building in traditional society that can be appropriated in the current search for a more inclusive and expansive participatory dialogue at all levels of the life of the Church. I will develop this essay first by briefly exploring some theological developments on synodality between the Second Vatican Council and Pope Francis and some of the contributions of the reforms of Pope Francis to synodality in the Church. Secondly, I will identify how the African palaver functions through examples taken from two African ethnic groups. I will proceed to show how the African palaver could enter into dialogue with other new approaches to participatory dialogue for a synodal Church.

Personal and communicative qualities of the showman: self-made man Larry King

The purpose of the article is to analyze the main milestones in the life and personality qualities of Larry King, which influenced the formation of his communication skills as a professional showman. The methodology combines art history, cultural studies, and historical approaches. A biographical approach was used to analyze the main milestones in the life and work of Larry King. At the same time, general scientific research methods are involved: analysis, synthesis, generalization, etc. Scientific novelty. For the first time in Ukrainian science, the stages of life, personal and communicative qualities of Larry King, which influenced his formation as the most famous American showman of the twentieth century, are analyzed. Conclusions. Larry King can be considered a man who made himself. Getting rid of shyness, being able to choose a topic for conversation, attracting an interlocutor, etc. are the main qualities of a successful showman, which can be developed even without proper education. Also, the life and work of Larry King allow us to conclude that the ability to communicate - one of the most important in any profession and in any personal relationship. The art of conversation, negotiation, or interview makes us not only successful interlocutors but also a person who can reach great heights in the profession and reach people's hearts. This is evidenced not only by the life story of the showman but also the popularity of his highest-rated talk show on television "Larry King Live", the success of which is largely due to the personal and communicative qualities of the host.

The Aesthetics of Communication: Poetic Iconicity, the Voice of Enunciation, and the Art of Conversation

The Aesthetics of Communication: Poetic Iconicity, the Voice of Enunciation, and the Art of Conversation

‘The art of conversation: the expanded audit report’ – a practitioner view

My background is as a professional auditor with EY, and my entire professional career has been auditing large, multinational companies, listed both in the UK and in the US. So as my time is spent a...

The art of conversation: the expanded audit report

The new generation of expanded audit reports includes disclosures about significant matters in a company’s financial reporting and its audit. These disclosures are a landmark change in auditors’ responsibility to provide information to the public. I examine expanded reports in various jurisdictions, why they became mandatory, what the evidence from their implementation is, and whether they have fulfilled the expectations of regulators and other stakeholders. Expanded reports are intended to increase the information content and usefulness of audit opinions, to increase external monitoring of auditors and management, and to foster a more open conversation between auditors and users of financial reporting. However, existing regulatory requirements, conflicting auditors’ incentives to provide new information, and evidence from the expanded reports’ implementation call into question whether these objectives have been met. It is my hope that expanded reports are only a first step towards enhanced auditor reporting.

Collecting people: bluestocking sociability and the assembling of knowledge

Abstract This essay explores the relationship between knowledge and sociability in eighteenth-century England through a discussion of two female collectors and their collections. The friendship between Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800) and Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715–1785) was founded upon a shared enthusiasm for the art of conversation and the ambition to create communities of learning in which both sexes could flourish. The duchess’s natural history collection at Bulstrode Park and Montagu’s London salon, adorned with its own combination of nature and art, are compared as parallel sites that attracted visitors from a diverse range of professions, nationalities and political persuasions. For elite women, sociability and the assembling of people were integral to the pursuit and display of knowledge. The work of Mrs Montagu and the duchess as collectors reveals the complex relationship between science, sociability and aesthetics that characterizes the history of collections.

« Un beau viveur et un délicat vivant ». Le baron de Besenval, courtisan et collectionneur, à travers son iconographie

Le baron Pierre-Joseph-Victor de Besenval de Brünstatt (1721-1791), au zénith de son existence, après s’être vaillamment illustré au combat sous Louis XV au sein du régiment des gardes suisses dont il était le colonel, était devenu, sous les lambris dorés de Versailles, le plus exercé et le plus incontournable des courtisans. Membre assidu de la garde rapprochée de la reine Marie-Antoinette, spirituel et séduisant, il excellait dans les deux arts qui faisaient le sel de la petite société de la reine à Trianon: celui de la conversation et celui de la galanterie. Besenval avait pourtant une passion qui prévalait sur toutes les autres : c’était l’un des plus fins collectionneurs d’art de son temps. Au lendemain de la prise de la Bastille, retentissant événement qu’il ne put empêcher en dépit de son rôle de commandant militaire de la garnison de Paris, il quitta précipitamment la capitale, fut repris, incarcéré, jugé, et miraculeusement libéré. Cet article se propose d’analyser divers portraits-clés de cet aristocrate emblématique de l’Ancien régime et de sa chute, qui désira tirer sa révérence sur un exceptionnel portrait de lui-même en collectionneur. Unique tableau de ce genre dans l’art français du XVIIIe siècle, ce fascinant portrait intime, au coin du feu, conserve pour la postérité l’esprit et le goût dont faisait preuve le baron de Besenval à l’orée de la Révolution.

Review of Burke (1993): The art of conversation

Review of Burke (1993): The art of conversation

Scenes of Listening The Representation of Voice in María Moreno’s Chronicles

María Moreno developed, between the mid-seventies and the beginning of the eighties of the 20th century, an innovative aesthetic-journalistic proposal that seeks to inscribe her own voice in commissioned writing: she appropriates the so-called Society Section, representing other people’s voices, particularly those of celebrities. Conceiving the interview as the art of conversation, she constructs what we call ‘listening scenes’, in which she becomes an insightful chronicler of orality levels, who makes a literary use of statements by interviewees and that forces celebrities to share their notoriety.

Scenes of Listening The Representation of Voice in María Moreno’s Chronicles

María Moreno developed, between the mid-seventies and the beginning of the eighties of the 20th century, an innovative aesthetic-journalistic proposal that seeks to inscribe her own voice in commissioned writing: she appropriates the so-called Society Section, representing other people’s voices, particularly those of celebrities. Conceiving the interview as the art of conversation, she constructs what we call ‘listening scenes’, in which she becomes an insightful chronicler of orality levels, who makes a literary use of statements by interviewees and that forces celebrities to share their notoriety.

The Art of Conversation: The Expanded Audit Report

The new generation of expanded audit reports includes disclosures about significant matters in a company’s financial reporting and its audit. These disclosures are a landmark change in auditors’ responsibility to provide information to the public. I examine expanded reports in various jurisdictions, why they became mandatory, what is the evidence from their implementation, and whether they have fulfilled the expectations of regulators and other stakeholders. Expanded reports are intended to increase the information content and usefulness of audit opinions, to increase external monitoring of auditors and management, and to foster a more open conversation between auditors and users of financial reporting. However, existing regulatory requirements, conflicting auditors’ incentives to provide new information, and evidence from the expanded reports’ implementation call into question whether these objectives have been met. It is my hope that expanded reports are only a first step towards enhanced auditor reporting.

The art of conversation: design cybernetics and its ethics

The art of conversation: design cybernetics and its ethics

The art of conversation: design cybernetics and its ethics

PurposeThe purpose of this paper to discuss ethical principles that are implicit in second-order cybernetics, with the aim of arriving at a better understanding of how second-order cybernetics frames living in a world with others. It further investigates implications for second-order cybernetics approaches to architectural design, i.e. the activity of designing frameworks for living.Design/methodology/approachThe paper investigates terminology in the second-order cybernetics literature with specific attention to terms that suggest that there are ethical principles at work. It further relates second-order cybernetics to selected notions in phenomenology, pragmatism and transcendental idealism. The comparison allows for conclusions about the specificity of a second-order inquiry. In line with the thematic focus of this journal issue on the framing of shared worlds, the paper further elaborates on questions relating to the activity of designing “worlds” in which people live with others.FindingsThe paper highlights that a radical openness toward the future and toward the agency of others is inscribed in the conception of second-order cybernetics. It creates a frame of reference for conceiving social systems of all kinds, including environments that are designed to be inhabited.Originality/valueThe paper identifies an aesthetics grounded in the process of living-with-others as an ethical principle implicit in second-order cybernetics thought. It is an aesthetics that is radically open for the agency of others. Linking aesthetics and ethics, the paper’s contributions will be of specific value for practitioners and theoreticians of design. Considering second-order cybernetics as a practice generally dealing with designing, it also contributes to the wider second-order cybernetics discourse.

Pears, pistachios, pencils and punctuation: Performative encounter and the art of conversation

Words, utterance, gesture, mark-making, ink, nut shells, a peach or a stray button prompt material-discursive engagement. Nothing is taken for granted in terms of knowledge or experience other than a belief that such engagement is a practice, revealing of itself. This article proposes and exemplifies an ‘apparatus’ of such practice, in which the materially embedded and/or physically embodied production of speech, writing, objects and images are intermingled. This practice has evolved through collaboration, within and across successive performative encounters. Through the intra-acting agencies of performative encounter, the material and the verbal are in conversation, questioning the production of knowledge, critically and metaphorically determined as a ‘digestive tract of knowing’. A material engagement emerges that is continuously enmeshed, unravelled and revealed as an embodied tract that surfaces as diagram, apparatus or a conjunction of vertices. In this context, words, whether written, spoken, uttered or as yet unsaid, are interior to the practice. Together and continuously, their shared and formative meanings are mobile, never settling, always productive. Whether critically informed or invented on the spur of the moment, words (including the writing of this article) act as material-discursive fabric. This research-in-action is evident both in the operative engagement and in the subsequent opening of the practice to others, whether as display, text, performance or dialogic example.