Rhythm in Human Sense-Making
Talk by Satinder Gill (researcher, University of Cambridge)
Moving well with someone has an aesthetic and ethical quality. When we engage well with someone else, be it to shake hands, dance, make music, or have a wonderful conversation, this foregrounds relational qualities inherent in music, such as rhythm and pitch. Embodied rhythm may be essential for our survival as social beings and our well-being, as it allows us to co-adapt to each other, form trust, and experience difference without conflict. Increasingly, the rhythms of our daily lives are affected by our use of various forms of social media technologies. This adds to the complexity of how we make sense of each other in our homes, organisations, and urban environments. In this talk, I will explore how the relational quality of rhythm enables us to manage social uncertainty and tune with difference.
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