week 3 blog post

 PART 1 In the first part of the conversation my partner was allowed to use language and I was not. I was able to use hand signs, body language and nonverbal vocalization. The example that we ended up doing was making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I was able to point to my partner the dissent objects I was looking to grab, my body language was indicating that I was looking to grab multiple pieces of ingredients as I continued to move around not saying a word pointing to the bread, jelly, peanut butter and as well as a kitchen knife. I was able to continue to use my hands as a leading indicator as I nodded my head. My partner said oh you’re looking to take the bread and use the knife to gather the peanut butter and jelly for inside of the sandwich. not being able to speak directly to my partner made the experience a little bit more difficult. There were moments where it took twice as long to have the brain catch up to what I was trying to do. The difference between the two barriers is quite significant and if it wasn’t for the pointing of what I needed, any other example would be a challenge.

PART 2 Within the second part I was allowed to use spoken language. I was not allowed to use any hand movements, head movements, no alteration within my voice, no raising of my eyebrows and I was only allowed to use my voice. Me and my partner went outside keeping my head straight looking forward. I asked about the beautiful blue sky, and I went on to describe no movement in my body. for my partner she was able to look at the clouds, the ones overhead with a few birds and a beautiful sunny sunshine overhead. being able to speak to one another without using anything else was a lot easier than part one. because we had the verbal cues down, I was able to directly get to my point and there was no need to elaborate with hand signs written pieces of language or anything else I would’ve added more additional time and something to think about from my partner. The only thing that was missing from the interaction was the direct activity of pointing to the sky and having an expression on your face and I feel not having those elements made the conversation very empty. missing the natural way, us humans speak to one another in this culture as well as how we interact during this period of time.

PART 3 I’m not sure if being permitted to use a written language would’ve worked especially if we wouldn’t have understood the language between me and my partner. what worked was being able to physically point and use a system to where my hands pick up the jar of peanut butter then the knife and finally put together a sandwich to present in front of them. without needing to say a word, I felt they were able to gather what I was going to be doing within my third step, everything had clicked.

having a written language does help document previous traditions as well as historic revision of their deities, food celebration and the transfer of information from one person to another. I find that written languages are absolutely pivotal in a civilization. You are able to store art inside of walls or canvas. let's not forgot the large amounts of information on stones and on the trees/paper. all of which provide a major advantage to let civilizations express themselves.

there would be no globalization if there was not any written language, as it would spread ideas around the world and help to create the bed rock of the early studies in science, economic, historical and geological events, none of these would exist if not for the people from other countries and regions of the world, that were able to put their ideas onto a physical representation. this could be changed from one language to another and adapted as cultures and look at the test theories and adventurers would like to go and write detail information about their findings.