SenseMakes, LLC
Communication Perspectives
absolute death
Mikhail Bakhtin
state of nonbeing
being unheard, unrecognized, unremembered
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to be is to communicate
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a right to be understood
Communication
Effectiveness & Competence
Welcome.
My name is Brian.
communicating fully
Bessel van der Kolk M.D. (2014)
the opposite of being traumatized
a right to communicate
$50 per hour
Frameworks and processes for
sharing meanings with each
other and understanding the
different contexts of our world.
a right to the decision-making process
communication
Julia T. Wood (2004)
a fluctuating, unpredictable,
multivocal process in which
uncertainty infuses encounters
between people and what
they mean and become
Responding to both trauma
and systemic oppression.
Rights Equality
A Free Space
Communicating in and through
an uncertain world.
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What is the American dream?
Who does it serve?
Who does it subjugate?
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Wednesday, July 1st @ 12:00 pm
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neoliberalism
the historical record
resilience
propaganda systems
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an ideology
Chomsky & Robinson (2024)
the belief that their domination
is for the good of the dominated
How are our borders structured?
SenseMaking Forums
$25 per space
Making sense of our world.
Asking why about our world.
Story Sensing
Experiences
Asking "why" about our
experiences with the world.
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What's your story?
What takes form?
How does it inform?
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Thursday, July 2nd @ 6:00 pm
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stories
listening-storytelling
narrative sensemaking
critical trauma studies
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an earlier story
Arthur W. Frank (2010)
works to hold us to a particular understanding of our lives
What's your story?
A Narrow Ridge
Practices
The critique of monologue.
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Where are you positioned?
How are you persuaded?
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Monday, July 6th @ 4:30 pm
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rhetorical approaches
strategic ambiguity
communication ethics
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the learner
Arnett, Harden-Fritz, &
Bell-McManus (2018)
one who meets difference without forgetting the limits of one's own situation and particular commitments to the good
What has been taken for granted?
Lead Learners
Performances
Forms of discipline.
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What is protected?
What is promoted?
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Monday, July 13th @ 4:30 pm
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communication
consent-dissent
communication pedagogy
intercultural communication
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the oppressed
Paulo Freire
the very structure of their thought
has been conditioned by the
contradictions of the concrete
existential situation by which
they were shaped
What are the consequences
of our (in)actions?
Justice Journals
Identities
Expanding in our experiences
of identities.
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What's inside?
What's outside?
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Thursday, July 16th @ 6:00 pm
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communication
standpoints-locations
identities-based approaches
interpersonal communication
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power
Mumby & Kuhn (2026)
a dynamic process of struggle that
rests on a complex relationship
between control and resistance
What are the discretions?
Critical Consciousness
Cultures
Investigating the
commonsense assumptions.
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How did it come to be this way?
Who does it harm?
Who does it benefit?
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Wednesday, July 15th @ 4:30 pm
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communication
diversity-inclusion
critical-cultural approaches
organizational communication
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critical inquiry
Fassett, Warren, & Nainby (2018)
asking complicated questions about the consequences of our (in)actions.
What are the basic assumptions?
Folx Media
Communication &
Social Change
Meaningful change does not
trickle from the top on down.
It happens when we act upon
time, space, and what we can
socially form and inform together from the
bottom on up.
Meaningful change happens in
and through communication.
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a right to be understood
a right to communicate
a right to the decision-making process
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Coming Soon.
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sound reporting
podcasting
digital storytelling
photo/video journalism
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the power of the people
The Honourable Vida Yeboah (2006)
relies on people to endure, to advocate
for the change that will benefit them,
to work through their differences, to
come together and form social
movements in order to
demand their rights
Despair is not an option.
