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Is language really enough for people to properly understand each other?

What are the drawbacks and barriers in communication through language?

How big of a role do the other ways of communicating (e.g. non-verbal) play in making communication through language more successful?

What other non-verbal forms of communication do people use?

Language communication in non-intimate interactions.

Language communication in intimate interactions.

how these differ

what kind of language people use

what barriers (and misunderstandings) arise

When do people feel like they are emotionally intimate/connected with someone? How does this happen and what role does language play?

Relationships: how emotionally intimate actually are we?

For example, how often are people talking/thinking at cross-purposes and this acts as a barrier to emotional intimacy that people might not realise?

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Advantages of Language as a Means of Communication:

1. **Expressiveness:** Language allows for intricate expression of thoughts, emotions, and complex ideas, enabling nuanced and detailed communication.

2. **Versatility:** It is a highly adaptable tool, capable of conveying a wide range of information, from concrete facts to abstract concepts.

3. **Cultural Transmission:** Language is crucial for transmitting culture, traditions, and societal values from one generation to another.

4. **Social Bonding:** Language fosters social connections, allowing individuals to share experiences, build relationships, and form communities.

5. **Learning and Education:** It serves as the foundation for education, facilitating the transfer of knowledge, skills, and information in various fields.

6. **Problem-Solving:** Language enables collaborative problem-solving by facilitating communication within groups and teams.

7. **Record Keeping:** Writing and recording languages help in preserving historical records, literature, and scientific knowledge.

**Disadvantages of Language as a Means of Communication:**

1. **Ambiguity:** Language can be ambiguous, leading to misunderstandings or misinterpretations, especially when words have multiple meanings.

2. **Barriers:** Different languages can create barriers to communication, hindering understanding between individuals or groups who speak different languages.

3. **Subjectivity:** Language is subjective, and individual interpretations may vary. What one person intends to convey may be understood differently by another.

4. **Inefficiency:** Expressing certain abstract or complex ideas can be challenging, and nuances may be lost in translation, leading to inefficiencies in communication.

5. **Miscommunication:** Errors in grammar, pronunciation, or word choice can result in miscommunication, impacting the clarity of the message.

6. **Influence of Emotions:** Emotional states can influence language use, leading to communication that may not accurately reflect the intended message.

7. **Selective Communication:** Individuals may choose to withhold or distort information, leading to selective or biased communication.

8. **Overreliance on Words:** Non-verbal cues and gestures are important aspects of communication, and an overreliance on verbal language may neglect these elements.

While language is a powerful and versatile tool for communication, its effectiveness depends on various factors, including the context, the individuals involved, and the clarity of expression. Being aware of the limitations and actively working to overcome potential disadvantages can contribute to more effective communication.

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Mystery - why don't we know why they happen yet?

Surreal:

What makes things surreal?

Why are people drawn to the surreal?

Why does it have an emotional reaction?

Does the brain perceive time differently in dreams?

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Uncanny valley theory - surreal experiences

https://www.britannica.com/topic/uncanny-valley

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uncanny valley, theorized relation between the human likeness of an object and a viewer's affinity toward it. The hypothesis originated in a 1970 essay by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, in which he proposed that as human likeness increases in an object's design, so does one's affinity for the object-but only to a certain point. When the likeness nears total accuracy, affinity drops dramatically and is replaced by a feeling of eeriness or uncanniness. Affinity then rises again when true human likeness-indicating a living person-is reached. This sudden decrease and increase caused by the feeling of uncanniness creates a "valley" in the level of affinity.

This proposed phenomenon is expressed most often as a line graph, with "human likeness" on the x-axis and "affinity" on the y-axis. The valley occurs at the line's abrupt plunge and subsequent ascent. A more-detailed version of the graph presents two such curved lines, one representing still objects and one representing moving objects. Mori argued that movement intensifies the uncanny; thus, the curve of the line for moving objects is much steeper, reaching both higher and lower levels of affinity than the line for still objects. To illustrate this point, Mori described the unsettling movement of a robot's smile at the 1970 World Exposition in Ōsaka, Japan. Furthermore, he argued, a zombie (moving) elicits a stronger sense of unease than a corpse (still).

Mori originally termed the theory bukimi no tani, a Japanese phrase that was translated roughly to "uncanny valley" in 1978 by British art critic Jasia Reichardt. Although Mori's original essay focused on robot design, the term is now widely applied and can describe a reaction to any humanoid object or image, common examples of which include wax figures, computer-generated film characters, and lifelike robots.

Mori's theory received very little attention outside Japan until 2005, when his original essay was translated into English. It then became a topic of interest in many fields, including robotics, film, and the sciences. The volume of research on the theory has since continued to expand. Mori's essay was not based on scientific evidence, nor did he attempt to prove his theory. Researchers have since sought to prove the theory, measure it, and identify the cause. However, the body of research exploring the possible existence of the uncanny valley is generally inconclusive. There are studies that support the theory and others that do not. Some researchers have noted that the uncanny valley is more of a "cliff," concluding that the drop and subsequent rise in affinity is more sudden than gradual. Further, neuroscientists have found that not everyone experiences the uncanny valley the same way; one may be more or less affected by the phenomenon based on previous life experience. Research involving robots has shown that the effects of the uncanny valley may lessen after interaction with the robot, indicating that the phenomenon may be rooted in appearance rather than behaviour. The often contradictory nature of these findings has given Mori's theory a reputation of vagueness.

Efforts toward identifying the cause of the uncanny valley are similarly varied. One study found that what most unnerved participants was the illusion of human consciousness that near-human likeness causes-the prospect that a robot could think and feel as humans do. Another theory credits primal instinct. Humans are programmed by evolution to favour mates that appear strong and healthy, and a humanoid robot's unnatural movement may signal disease and danger on a subconscious level. Yet another idea suggests that it is the ambiguity between human and inhuman that is most disturbing.

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Uncanny valley | Definition, Origin, & Facts

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Uncanny valley, theorized relation between the human likeness of an object and a viewer's affinity toward it. The hypothesis originated in a 1970 essay by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, in which he proposed that as human likeness increases in an object's design, so does one's affinity for the

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The backrooms - the most famous liminal space

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Spaces are linked to time

Eerie feeling of aloneness - abandoned places can turn into liminal spaces - a 'non-place' a place that almost feels like it doesn't exist, creates the same feeling of impermanence and being suspended in the unknown as liminal spaces as your separated from society and the world - the things that are known and solid

How can places evoke intense emotions, if (you think) you've never been there?

Why are these spaces linked to nostalgia?

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Bunraku - Japanese Puppet Theater (japan-guide.com)

Related to non-verbal communication - movement makes puppets human-like

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Bunraku (文楽) is the traditional puppet theater of Japan. It started of as popular entertainment for the commoners during the Edo Period (1603-1868) in Osaka and evolved into artistic theater during the late 17th century. Along with noh and kabuki, it is recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

What is it?

Bunraku puppets are about one-half life size and each is operated by three performers: a principal operator and two assistants. Strings are not used, but rather the puppeteers co-operate to maneuver the limbs, eyelids, eyeballs, eyebrows and mouths of the puppets, thereby producing life-like actions and facial expressions. The puppeteers are in full view of the audience, but are dressed in black to symbolize that they are to be taken as "invisible".

The story is narrated by a single person, who also speaks the voice of all the puppets, and therefore must have a diverse repertoire of vocal expressions to represent both genders and all ages. The pace of the narration is dictated by accompanying music played on the shamisen. It is delightful to watch the sophisticated puppets come to life as the performers create their intricate movements, synchronized with the narration and the music from the shamisen.

Bunraku and kabuki often depict stories based on adaptations of scripts with similar themes. Classic tragic love stories, heroic legends and tales based on historical events are popular.

Where to watch it?

Nowadays, bunraku is mostly performed in modern theaters with Western-style seats. A day's performance is usually divided into two segments (one in the early afternoon and one towards the evening), and each segment is further divided into acts. Tickets are usually sold per segment, although in some cases they are also available per act. They typically cost between 1500 and 6500 yen.

Below are some venues where bunraku can be watched:

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A tourist's guide to Bunraku, Japanese traditional puppet theatre.

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Study exploring informal nostalgia in social media

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philosopher who explores the relationship between text and meaning

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Can poetry be more effective than regular use of language?

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How is communication different between neurodivergent people?

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The power of language: How words shape people, culture

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The power of language: How words shape people, culture

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Speaking, writing and reading are integral to everyday life, where language is the primary tool for expression and communication. Studying how people use language - what words and phrases they unconsciously choose and combine - can help us better understand ourselves and why we behave the way we do.

Linguistics scholars seek to determine what is unique and universal about the language we use, how it is acquired and the ways it changes over time. They consider language as a cultural, social and psychological phenomenon.

"Understanding why and how languages differ tells about the range of what is human," said Dan Jurafsky, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in Humanities and chair of the Department of Linguistics in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford. "Discovering what's universal about languages can help us understand the core of our humanity."

The stories below represent some of the ways linguists have investigated many aspects of language, including its semantics and syntax, phonetics and phonology, and its social, psychological and computational aspects.

A computer scientist discusses the evolution of computational linguistics and where it's headed next.

By examining conversations of elderly Japanese women, linguist Yoshiko Matsumoto uncovers language techniques that help people move past traumatic events and regain a sense of normalcy.

What to read next:

Ask a lot of questions, journalist Charles Duhigg advises. And make them deep ones.

Building canals to drain water from peatlands for conversion to agriculture unlocks far more planet-warming carbon dioxide than previously thought.

Despite common lore about major lapses in memory, the effects of healthy aging on cognitive functions are actually quite subtle, says Stanford neurologist Sharon Sha.

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The power of language: How words shape people, culture

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At Stanford, linguistics scholars seek to determine what is unique and universal about the language we use, how it is acquired and the ways it changes over time.

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What makes people fall in love with ai chatbots?

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Bias in language, manipulation, how it can be used to sway (e.g. in media, newspapers, and on personal relationship scale)

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analyses language

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City with over 13,000 abandoned buildings

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Why was it abandoned?

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Emptiness but silent background presence, watched

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What is it like to work in CCTV?

How has CCTV affected cases and crimes?

How much privacy do people actually have?

How much can you tell about people/their lives from what you see on CCTV?

Is the sense of being watched real?

Is it surveillance wrong or right?

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Enemy of the state - movie about surveillance and how it can be used to infiltrate every part of your life

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Enemy of the state - movie about surveillance and how it can be used to infiltrate every part of your life

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How much could, for example, the FBI actually find out about someone? Is it as much as in the film?

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Place to visit: Billionaire's row (Bishop's Avenue) abandoned mansions in London

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Place to visit: Billionaire's row (Bishop's Avenue) abandoned mansions in London

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Research unique languages, unofficial languages, lost languages, personal languages

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Self-directed practice:

I am still getting used to directing my own time, and I want to work on managing my time more efficiently, for example using studio time and daytime for doing things that further my work, and using the evenings for recording what I have done in my sketchbook. In my previous specialism I struggled with keeping my sketchbook up-to-date and sometimes wasted studio time updating it. This way, I will also be able to use my evenings to consolidate everything I have done and go over it in my head which will help me understand my practice better.

I want to self-initiate more designated discussions with myself and with others about my ideas – I have found that talking through ideas (with others or myself) makes me much clearer on what ideas I like and don’t like. Discussions with others also often further my ideas, give me references and give me new ideas.

I want to reference from a wider range of subjects. I am going to do more research outside of my designated project research, into anything that interests me – this way I will have a much richer and broader knowledge and collection of references to incorporate into my work. This will make my work more layered and make it easier for me to make conceptual decisions within my work (for example, where to display my work, what colours, textures, and imagery to use, etc.).

Experiment through making and doing more, instead of spending too much of my time brainstorming ideas and then putting off actually doing them –  which I do too much of at the moment. Once I have an idea I like, make it real immediately, even though I won’t be sure it will be successful – I can decide that after. That way I will build up a much larger body of work, and my final pieces will be much stronger as they will be based on real-life prototypes.

Evaluation and Review:

Once I have done something, have an interim crit with myself, to see where I can take it now – how to take it further or take it to a new place.

Keep working on ideas even after I feel I’ve made something ‘final’ with them.

Connect ideas and material from different pieces.

Communication:

I want to work on thinking about the audience and how my work communicates/what it communicates.

Use crits, discussions and interacting with people in the studio and relevant audiences, to find out what communicates successfully and what communicates things I don’t want. Record it all in my sketchbook and then remake and work into the pieces using this knowledge, (then repeat the process etc.). This way, I will work on making my pieces communicate what I want them to more successfully.

This will also develop my skills in communication through my work, through surprising me and broadening my knowledge in communication, for example when my piece communicates something I didn’t expect it to.

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Why are people fascinated by the unusual?

Is it positive or negative fascination, both?

Surreal again

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Linked to collective memory and nostalgia

What are lost songs? How do they get lost?

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Are there animals that experience connections like people? How do they communicate this? Do they use a language?

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What non-language communication is there?

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What non-language communication is there?

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Non-verbal:

facial expressions, body language, gestures, posture, clothes (and other self expression), social cues, passive communication (like sarcasm, passive aggressiveness, mumbling, irony)

^ context is really important

cultural context

perception checking (like analysing someone's actions (and words))

physical - handshakes, hugs, pats on back etc.

Visual:

symbols and imagery - charts, graphs, illustration

In relationships: love languages:

Dance:

can express stuff

can create connections between people

communal dances - community, culture, rituals

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surreal use of language, can also communicate more effectively and has possibility to connect more deeply within people's minds

Interesting link between how surreal things often seem to connect to something subconscious in a person which causes a sense of familiarity. Use of language in poetry can connect to something subconscious, can connect to something familiar.

This way the surreal has the power to connect people on a deeper level, perhaps than regular language can

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Find surreal poets/artists that use writing!

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Find surreal poets/artists that use writing!

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Look up more!!!!

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What community dances are there?

How do people feel about these?

What is the experience of dancing in a community dance?

'cooperation is valued more than competitiveness'

How do these link to culture?

What do people feel about these in relation to culture? People within the culture and outside of it

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Community dance lessons/events/groups

What communities and dances do I want to look at specifically?

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Nightclubs

--> different music and dance styles

this could be used as research into what connections are built and how easily through different dances and atmospheres/social gatherings

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Lost language - no one knows what it says

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people wearing mask, in public and also in relationships

neurodivergent masking

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nostalgia culture

nostalgia culture on social media

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Place to visit: office block districts now empty (or much quieter) post-covid

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Place to visit: office block districts now empty (or much quieter) post-covid

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Place to visit: new built areas which no one lives in yet (e.g. Trinity Buoy Wharf)

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Place to visit: new built areas which no one lives in yet (e.g. Trinity Buoy Wharf)

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Unofficial language spoken by 8% in Singapore. Originally created by school kids.

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Places in my memories

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Explores communication and the meaning the reader creates in poetry

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Communication through surreal use of movement

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article exploring social media's role in the spread and the exposing of fake news

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The Politics of Social Media Manipulation

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Disinformation and so-called fake news are contemporary phenomena with rich histories. Disinformation, or the willful introduction of false information for the purposes of causing harm, recalls infamous foreign interference operations in national media systems. Outcries over fake news, or dubious stories with the trappings of news, have coincided with the introduction of new media technologies that disrupt the publication, distribution and consumption of news -- from the so-called rumour-mongering broadsheets centuries ago to the blogosphere recently.

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Article studying how media manipulation is successful even when skepticism is common in a topic. Uses example of campaigns by far-right group in the US

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Article analysing how movements can overcome slandering by media structures attempting to stop them

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Article about organised social media fake news campaigns created by governments, public relations firms and political parties

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Organised social media manipulation campaigns were found in each of the 81 surveyed countries, up 15% in one year, from 70 countries in 2019. Governments, public relations firms and political parties are producing misinformation on an industrial scale, according to the report. It shows disinformation has become a common strategy, with more than 93% of the countries (76 out of 81) seeing disinformation deployed as part of political communication.

Social media manipulation of public opinion is a growing threat to democracies around the world

Professor Philip Howard, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, and the report's co-author says, 'Our report shows misinformation has become more professionalised and is now produced on an industrial scale. Now, more than ever, the public needs to be able to rely on trustworthy information about government policy and activity. Social media companies need to raise their game by increasing their efforts to flag misinformation and close fake accounts without the need for government intervention, so the public has access to high-quality information.'

Social media companies need to raise their game by increasing their efforts to flag misinformation and close fake accounts without the need for government intervention, so the public has access to high-quality information
Professor Philip Howard

The OII team warns the level of social media manipulation has soared, with governments and political parties spending millions on private sector 'cyber troops', who drown out other voices on social media. Citizen influencers are used to spread manipulated messages. These include volunteers, youth groups and civil society organisations, who support their ideologies.

OII alumna, Dr Samantha Bradshaw, the report's lead author says, 'Our 2020 report highlights the way in which government agencies, political parties and private firms continue to use social media to spread political propaganda, polluting the digital information ecosystem and suppressing freedom of speech and freedom of the press. A large part of this activity has become professionalised, with private firms offering disinformation-for-hire services.'

Key findings the OII researchers identified include:

Private 'strategic communications' firms are playing an increasing role in spreading computational propaganda, with researchers identifying state actors working with such firms in 48 countries.

Almost $60 million has been spent on firms who use bots and other amplification strategies to create the impression of trending political messaging.

Social media has become a major battleground, with firms such as Facebook and Twitter taking steps to combat 'cyber troops', with some $10 million has been spent on social media political advertisements. The platforms removed more than 317,000 accounts and pages from 'cyber troops' actors between January 2019 and November 2020.

This activity has become professionalised, with private firms offering disinformation-for-hire services
Dr Samantha Bradshaw

Cyber troops are frequently directly linked to state agencies. According to the report, 'In 62 countries, we found evidence of a government agency using computational propaganda to shape public attitudes.'

Established political parties were also found to be using social media to 'spread disinformation, suppress political participation, and undermine oppositional parties', say the Oxford researchers.

According to the report, 'In 61 countries, we found evidence of political parties or politicians running for office who have used the tools and techniques of computational propaganda as part of their political campaigns. Indeed, social media has become a critical component of digital campaigning.'

We found evidence of political parties or politicians running for office who have used the tools and techniques of computational propaganda as part of their political campaigns....social media has become a critical component of digital campaigning

Dr Bradshaw adds, 'Cyber troop activity can look different in democracies compared to authoritarian regimes. Electoral authorities need to consider the broader ecosystem of disinformation and computational propaganda, including private firms and paid influencers, who are increasingly prominent actors in this space.'

The report explores the tools and techniques of computational propaganda, including the use of fake accounts - bots, humans and hacked accounts - to spread disinformation. It finds:

79 countries used human accounts,

57 counties used bot accounts, and

14 countries used hacked or stolen accounts.

Researchers examined how cyber troops use different communication strategies to manipulate public opinion, such as creating disinformation or manipulated media, data-driven targeting and employing abusive strategies such as mounting smear campaigns or online harassment. The report finds:

76 countries used disinformation and media manipulation as part of their campaigns,

30 countries used data-drive strategies to target specific users with political advertisements,

59 countries used state sponsored trolls to attack political opponents or activists in 2019, up from 47 countries in 2019.

The 2020 report draws upon a four-step methodology employed by Oxford researchers to identify evidence of globally organised manipulation campaigns. This includes a systematic content analysis of news articles on cyber troop activity, a secondary literature review of public archives and scientific reports, generating country specific case studies and expert consultations.

The research work was carried out by Oxford researchers between 2019 and 2020. Computational Propaganda project research studies are published at https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/publications/

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Social media manipulation by political actors an industrial scale

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Social media manipulation of public opinion is a growing threat to democracies around the world, according to the 2020 media manipulation survey from the Oxford Internet Institute, which found evidence in every one of the 80+ countries surveyed.

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Who makes fake news?

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Lost media

What it is?

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Hillsborough Disaster (partially lost CCTV recordings and documents of football stadium disaster; 1989) - The Lost Media Wiki

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Article about language and communication

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https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/143933?vp=kingston

Letters not about Love: movie by two poets (Lyn Hejinian and Arkadii Dragomoshchenko) exploring words and their meanings, and creating poetry from it which becomes very personal and you get an insight into them as people from what they write

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Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries

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communication + connection through dance:

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communication + connection through dance:

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neurodivergency - how does it affect verbal and non-verbal communication between neurodivergent people and each other and neurotypical people?

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neurodivergency - how does it affect verbal and non-verbal communication between neurodivergent people and each other and neurotypical people?

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Understanding each other on a subconscious level

Things that are confusing - emotional/gut feeling decisions and how these differ between neurodivergent people and neurotypicals

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Different types of language e.g. spoken (more informal usually) and written (more formal), and text new emerging language and way of communicating

How do these different languages make communication easier and harder? Help people understand what each other is saying and understand each other as people more or less?

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My topic is surreal communication - I will be researching communication that is unusual or different from what we would consider everyday communicative language. I will be exploring different avenues in this theme, exploring with each how the different forms of this surreal communication can make connection and understanding between people either harder or easier.

I am interested in how people use various 'languages' (e.g. conversations, dance, images, unconscious emotions) to connect mentally with each other and have an understanding of each other's thoughts, feelings, viewpoints, opinions and characters. There are many ways that people connect other than conversations and there are many levels and unspoken complications within conversations - these are what I want to explore. As people we always assume we understand each other completely - how much do we really?

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misunderstandings

(understandings changing also?)

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Trajal Harrell: Hoochie Koochie - YouTube

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Cultures in these areas

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Dance partners become very close - they need to be to understand each others' body movements and read the non-verbal and subconscious queues of what's coming next when dancing together - is it the dancing together or talking in time when they're not dancing together that makes them this close?

Can partner dancing create a more intimate understanding of each other than regular conversational communication?

Maybe I don't have enough personal experience for this one - even if I do start partner dancing, I might not have enough time to get close enough with a dance partner to understand the connection

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Also with community dance, no matter how much research I do, I won't have a deep understanding or personal connection to any of the dances communities since I have never been in these spaces before in my life

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Emotional intimacy and communication in relationships

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Emotional intimacy and communication in relationships

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How well do we really understand each other?

Relationships: how emotionally intimate actually are we?

For example, how often are people talking/thinking at cross-purposes and this acts as a barrier to emotional intimacy that people might not realise?

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How well do we use mentalisation to understand each other in relationships

What subconscious queues do we pick up on to mentalise

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Non-verbal:

facial expressions, body language, gestures, posture, clothes (and other self expression), social cues, passive communication (like sarcasm, passive aggressiveness, mumbling, irony)

^ context is really important

cultural context

perception checking (like analysing someone's actions (and words))

physical - handshakes, hugs, pats on back etc.

In relationships: love languages:

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What are the drawbacks and barriers in communication and understanding through language?

How big of a role do the other ways of communicating (e.g. non-verbal) play in making communication more successful?

What other non-verbal forms of communication do people use?

Language communication in non-intimate interactions compared to intimate interactions? (how these differ, what kind of language people use, what barriers (and misunderstandings) arise)

When do people feel like they are emotionally intimate/connected with someone? How does this happen and what role does language play? What role do other things play? (could even use Sam's example of dance partners)

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How well do me and the people I know mentalise each other in our relationships?

How well do we understand each other?

How close are we? Do we feel the same way?

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Interviewing?

What people bond over

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E.g. music, shared sense of humour?, interests, experiences

Shared things as a form of communication in relationships, a catalyst of mentalising, and a language in itself

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What have I bonded with people over in my own relationships?

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Do people create their own language in relationships that is not as well understood by anyone outside the relationships?

(due to inferences of words, inside jokes and shared references of words and phrases, shared past experiences or thought patterns leading to shared inferences of words, more non-verbal cues understood)

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research personal languages in relationships

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look into actually made up languages like what kids make

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objects bonded over in my own relationships

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objects bonded over in my own relationships

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music

dance

shared experiences

tv shows

shared sense of humour

Card games

School for Good and Evil (Annabel)

Sport (e.g. rowing and Annabel)

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Connection with things that aren't human

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Connection with things that aren't human

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Anthropomorphising

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Other people's relationships and communities

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Other people's relationships and communities

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e.g. liminal space culture - people have bonded and created a group community over a shared feeling

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research the people who fell in love with ai bots

research the bots themselves

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e.g. Erika Eiffel

Object sexuality

Agalmatophilia

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Phenomenon where people see faces in everything

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When I was a kid I felt really bad for any objects I threw away, so guilty I would cry

Could connect this idea to idea of wastefulness

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Famous cases of media lies

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psychology of mental brainwave connecting

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psychology of mental brainwave connecting

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on that tiktok I saw

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these buildings are a time capsule

also you're sectioned off from society - feeling of time stopping

liminal spaces - TIME

These buildings are museums, have travelled through time holding different people's stories throughout

Exploring the past through these buildings, stories of the past that are fading away slowly (due to decay, the people being forgotten, etc.)

Exploring the lives of people from the past, people who might not even be alive anymore (I'll be able to find out for some probably)

Research into humans' relationships with time, memories, nostalgia etc.

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mutual loved people

mutual hated people

religion

beliefs

political beliefs

shared good experiences

shared bad/stressful/traumatic experiences (or events)

Same verbal habits!!!

--> leads to less misunderstandings, and just a general understanding of each other

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Exploring the stories of people who have been in these buildings - the people who lived there and what they have left and you can find out about their lives from what they left

Also the people who have been there since - graffiti, squatters (maybe), people exploring, going there to get drunk

Also the different people who lived there all through the past and the history of the building (secondary research as opposed to primary)

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Graffiti - people leaving their mark on a place

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Graffiti - people leaving their mark on a place

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Stories fading away

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Why are people fascinated with these places?

Why do we feel compelled to go into them?

Why do they create intense emotions for us?