Rob emailed with some feedback regarding my plan for the main activity. As you can see from the email below, he thought it was good idea but believed some of the actions are too complex for the participants to carry out.
Therefore, I had to have a rethink and have edited the plan slightly. The actions I have now chosen are as follows;
These actions are all simple to improvise and can be completed within the time frame. I have also decided to remove the emotion aspect of the activity. The original plan was to ask the participants to act the action with a certain emotion however I feel that this over complicates the exercise. This new plan will be tested on 9/03/2020 with the Baton Beats group that I attend. This will help me to evaluate whether it works or not. If you wish to view the updated plan, please follow this link: https://liveplymouthac-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/emily_pembridge_students_plymouth_ac_uk/EWVyRZxK0FdLl-zfMvO92oEBkelvTHBas51sT7PVHjkyTA?e=in67XC
In this post, it feel it is necessary to talk about some problems I have faced in engaging with the Seven Keys of Collaboration (Spencer, 2017). Due to Rob still not sending me the samples, the trust and dependability within the collaborative partnership is lacking. This therefore has a knock on effect to the rest of the keys. This then affects my motivation as I am running out of individual tasks to do. Shotter (1984) believes that we live within ‘joint action’. This means when we meet and interact with people, we respond in a mutual way. As we are always influencing each other, we cannot separate ourselves from the collaborative relationship. This explains why my productivity decreased when Rob’s dependability was lacking. To overcome this and avoid a breakdown of the collaboration, I decided to wait until I could discuss this in person with Rob so we could have a meaningful and intentional conversation.
As of yet, I have not received the samples from Rob in order to start developing the idea of the theme for the improvisational composition section of the workshop. On 9/03/2020, prior to Baton Beats, I am having a meeting with Rob and so I wish to find out how long this will take. I also aim to have finalised the main activity following the Baton Beats session.
My personal tutor has approved my updated ethics form so I am now waiting to be given the contact details of the school and trust to make them aware of my plans.
Reference List
Shotter, J. (1984). Social accountability and selfhood. Oxford: Blackwell.
Spencer, J. (2017). The 7 Keys to Creative Collaboration. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DmFFS0dqQc [Accessed 8 Feb. 2020].
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