Five Ways In
Research Themes
Community
What is the community of contact improvisation? How can contact improvisation be used in intentional communities and in creating community?
Personal Transformation
How does contact improvisation contribute to personal, spiritual and social transformation? In this theme we include therapeutic benefits and the appreciation of nature.
Political Change
Can contact improvisation contribute to making real changes in the world?
Teaching and Education
How is the way CI is taught and learnt relate to the quality of experience in CI events?
Intersubjectivity-Visual Anthropology
What concepts and areas of anthropology can best do justice to the transformative impacts of CI and the other research themes that emerged from the process of filming and feedback? How can the research value of this documentary be best argued in relation to current social and visual anthropology?
Visual Media
How can visual media be used to research and communicate key aspects of CI?
Performance
How is CI performed? What is it’s value within wider contemporary dance performances? What are the value of performance evenings in CI festivals?
Contribute a new theme
What new research themes does the documentary open for you?
Docusphere
Feedback from Prof. Michael Jackson
‘ It lifts my spirits, knowing that anthropology is moving in such novel and thrilling directions, transgressing or dismissing old borderlines, trying out new forms of direct experience, and looking for new ways of reporting on those experiences.’ (Michael Jackson. 2014) It was really special to get such positive feedback from Professor Michael Jackson. I have found his many books hugely inspiring over the years. His preamble in Minima Ethnographica on intersubjectivity is, for me, one of the most powerful justifications for putting relationship at the heart of research. I also think… Read More
K5 Screening
Our London thank you premiere took place in K5 Studios in London on the 23rd November 2014 thanks to the wonderful hospitality of Daniel Hernandez and the K5 Artists Community. K5 is a non-commercial, privately owned and run studio space in North London. We had a full programme for the day starting with a mini-workshop with Alyssa and Sonja that drew on some of the themes of the film. A jam followed, which for many was an ideal preparation for the screening. After the screening we shared food and shared our impressions… Read More
First Review of ‘Five Ways In’
‘This film is radiant and perceptive and pleasurable to watch. It achieves a rich and reflexive multivocality. Through a series of uniquely reflexive vignettes, from a Hawaiian political activist to Swedish biodynamic gardener, the filmmakers weave a narrative that foregrounds the inextricable bond between individual knowledge, experience and bodily intelligence.’ (Richards, J. 2014. Review of Five Ways In) The first review of ‘Five Ways In’ was written by third year anthropology student, Jade Richards, at the University of Kent for one of the assessments for the Visual Anthropology Theory course I… Read More
Screening at KOKI in Freiburg
We launched our documentary to a packed cinema in Freiburg on the 9th November. Given the emergent theme of the documentary on ‘community’ it was doubly appropriate we should show it at KOKI, a community cinema with a history going back to 1972. We had a full evening event with introduction, Q and A and then dancing and discussion. Florian Fromm from KOKI opened the Q and A with a question about how many beginners actually go to Freiburg. As someone with little knowledge of CI he could most easily identify… Read More
Researching Contact Improvisation 