This seems to me like a splendid alternative label for Eugene. "A strong
presence" can be either one who demands attention, who "noisily"
disrupts by enunciating a different view, or one who quietly
inserts question marks, strategic pauses, and so almost invisibly
(but leaving a strong signature) affects interaction. The strong
presence, in the sense I've given it, can be effective or ineffective.
(= neutral)
- Judy
I'm still working on the voice/presence/kairos model, of
>course. But as I think about this, part of the point of 'good'
>disruption is that it is well timed, and sometimes it does not involve
>speech at all. A silence at a time when 'make nice' talk is expected, a
>pause before the quiet restatement of someone else's words. A pointed
>removal of oneself from the conversation.
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>What is wanted, is a sense of positive impact, rather than reactive or
>repressed states. Sometimes the person making the most 'noise' is the
>person with the least rhetorical effect.
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>Regards, Dale Cyphert
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Graduate School of Education Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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