Team: Alex Newson/ Max Hain/ Catherine Achieng/ Zhaolu Song
Brief: Design a way to establish and maintain sensory personal contact amongst the people in the group whilst exploring the largest area of London.
Time: 23.10.2020 10a.m.
The Challenging Beginning
This is the first week of my master's study and it’s also my first time studying abroad. Besides, most classes and group discussions will be delivered online due to the pandemic which will definitely be a big challenge for me. Anyway, with expectancy, uncertainty, excitement, and a little bit of anxiety, I start my journey.
Previous Research
I did some online research about Watling Street before I came. It’s a historical street with many historical buildings ending at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Besides, it is a business area now with some bars, café, a lot of restaurants and a big shopping mall.
3D view of Walting Street on Google map. Screenshot by me.
So, I thought there would be lots of people, many interesting stores and some good food as well.
Watling St Experience
Temperature: 12℃
Time: Fri, 23 October 2020, 10.00 am
Meeting site: 51°30’47.1” N 0°05’37.4” W. ( 73 Watling St, London EC4M 9BJ)
On Friday morning, our team members met at Watling Street. My first impression of this area was cold, very quiet and very few people which is totally different from what I thought.
“Everywhere is surprisingly quiet. It should be more people and events without pandemic.” - Me
Watling St View. Photo by me.
The First Five Senses Experiences
The brief is to establish and maintain sensory personal contact amongst our team members. So, our team started with the first five senses to establish and maintain our contact.
1. Sight
Selfies connection. Photo by our team.
I came up with the idea that we can use selfies as our personal connection. We stood in a line and the first one took a selfie of all of us and everyone else took a picture of the people standing in front, which is like a selfie relay.
VIsual team connection. Photo by our team.
2. Smell
Smell connection. Photo by Catherine.
3. Taste
Taste connection. Photo by Catherine.
4. Hearing
Feeling a song together. Filmed by our team.
5. Touch
Touching connection. Photo by our team.
Proprioceptive Sensory Experiences
When we were exploring the first five senses, we noticed some elements in the environments, for example, high walls, grassland, the boundary of a river, etc., which inspired us to explore proprioceptive senses.
1. Balance
Feeling the balance. Photo by Catherine.
Feeling the balance. Gif by Alex.
2. Oppression
Feeling oppression. Photo by Catherine.
3. Presage
Feeling presage. Filmed by me.
Journey Video
During the whole processing, our team was getting a stronger and stronger connection by experiencing senses together and it is also a good beginning for me to get involved in my new class.
Sensing togetherness. Edited video by me.
What I’ve learned
I realized that the human sense is an essential part of our feeling which we rarely notice.
With all senses, we can fully feel the world and people by heart. At first, we tried to feel different senses separately, but I found it was hard for us to communicate and stay connected.
With one sense blocked, other senses will be triggered and magnified. For instance, we used our proprioceptive sense of presage when we closed our eyes during our journey.
To Be continued…
References
Bradford, A. (2017) The Five (and More) Senses. Available at: https://www.livescience.com/60752-human-senses.html (Accessed: 22 October 2020).
Inverarity, L. (2019) An Overview of Proprioception. Available at: https://www.verywellhealth.com/proprioception-2696141 (Accessed: 22 October 2020).
Williams, L. (2018) Proprioception: Making Sense of Body Position. Available at: https://www.sports-health.com/sports-injuries/general-injuries/proprioception-making-sense-body-position#:~:text=Proprioception%20refers%20to%20the%20body's,nose%20with%20their%20index%20finger (Accessed: 22 October 2020).
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