Shit my speaker says

Duration- 0:57:07

Session Activity-Brought a different Totem Story to session to try this activity again.

Item Produced- Mildly better story narrative, heaps of info on outhouses.

Summary-  This was a productive session. Finally found a map that worked. In the totem story there was a photo of an outhouse. This little part of the scene was successful in bringing my speaker back to memories of his outhouse in his childhood backyard. From there we mapped the movements of the outhouse the layout of the house, his family, and suddenly he was transported back. It was truly an adventurous moment.

Linguistic Effective- We got to a point in today's session where the speaker was in a memory place. His voice changed slightly and words seemed to have a thicker accent. Mapping out his house, mostly his outhouse, got us there. Looking back, it made a lot of sense to start with the place that he frequented the most- the bathroom

Linguistic Ineffective- The totem story was not of much use again today. The stories that my speaker sees are not the stories the flip book is trying to convey. With this, the resulting narratives are fragmented and lack continuity and interest. However, the pictures that are associated with the flip book did spur great memories

Linguistic Provisional Improvements- Reconsider the concept of a map. Have a section where the speaker maps his house, hist toilet, and move on the speak about different locations in time and space associated with this memory of home

Cultural Effective- Outhouse conversation. I personally learned a lot of "shit." But also I think my speaker was able to understand how much I did not understand.

Cultural Ineffective- This would not have been possible with two speakers. Although I enjoy speaking with two speakers, I don’t know if my speaker enjoys sharing the wealth

Cultural Provisional Improvements-As this situation develops more, I need to add a section about how to (and not to) integrate new speakers (when is a good time, who to ask, safe words, privacy, intimacy, etc)

Tomorrow- I don’t know. I want to try the same activity with another speaker present. However, there were things he spoke about to me that were personal, family business. If the other speaker was present, we may never bring these visceral and landmark moments up

Further Comments- I'm going see what happens bringing the other speaker in anyway