Phonetics and Aesthetics of Human Communication: Decoding Engagement in Transmission and Reception in Speech and Art

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Explores practices of meaning-making and reception by looking at very different forms of communication: speech and art. Both are embodied, culture-bound activities of human communicative function. Humans learn and engage in speaking naturally as a developmental and integral part of everyday life. Like speech, art is a sensorial form of transmission, but does not necessarily prioritize communication and comprehension of a specific and concrete message. Our aim is to decode the process of self-incorporation in the speech and art event, and to study how and to what degree one becomes or can become a dynamic agent in that event.