PRISMA is a method to embody the study of social interactions.
Participant-researchers gain insight into processes of participatory sense-making, by engaging in interactive dynamics, refracting them into their constitutive elements, and becoming —themselves— the sophisticated instruments for studying intersubjectivity.
PRISMA can be used in social cognition research to study the experiential dynamics of social interactions, as well as in organizations, where it can support and increase people’s trust and confidence in working together.
origins
The PRISMA method was originated by Barbara Pieper, social scientist and Feldenkrais© practitioner in Munich, and Daniel Clénin, actor and Feldenkrais© practitioner in Bern, in a project of the International Feldenkrais Federation for developing quality and competency in Feldenkrais professional practice.
The practical-theoretical approach of PRISMA also proved suitable for development in diverse professional fields, including science and research.
In 2009, philosopher and cognitive scientist Hanne De Jaegher joined Barbara and Daniel in co-developing PRISMA, in particular in the realm of embodied intersubjectivity research.
participatory sense-making
Innovation in the science of intersubjectivity
facilitation
Inviting and cultivating participatory sense-making
video
Short film of the workshop: PRISMA: Interacting across difference
13-14 April 2022, PWIAS, UBC, Vancouver
resources
academic papers
De Jaegher H, Pieper B, Clénin D & Fuchs T (2017) Grasping intersubjectivity: an invitation to embody social interaction research. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 16(3), (491–523). doi: 10.1007/s11097-016-9469-8
Pieper, B., & Clénin, D. (2010). Embodied Perception of Self and Others in Social Action. A Research Perspective Combining Theory and Practice. In: Boehle, Fritz and Weihrich, Margit: The Embodiment of Social Action. Social Order beyond Norms and Institutions. (unofficial translation) transcript-Verlag Bielefeld.
findings
data in repository [link to be added]
Research workshop
Are you researching social cognition?
A PRISMA experiment can add a second-person, experiental analysis to your 3rd person study, or give you insight into the experiential aspects of coordination dynamics.
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Facilitation
Could your team or organization do with increasing trust and confidence among each other?
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Info session
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