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

Map 2.0

Duration- 70 min session, 00:04:32 recording :/

Session Activity- Bring map of WATER and a fellow speaker to have a conversation about space.

Item Produced- Notes on camping spots, fishing spots, and some outdoor tips.

Summary-  Sadly, even with the correct map, this activity seems like a bust. The speaker was simply not very interested in the map.

Linguistic Effective- Listening to the two speakers talk is a great way to understand cadence, conversation structure, and general phrasing.

Linguistic Ineffective- The map.

Linguistic Provisional Improvements- Maybe find a way to get some more structured two- speaker dialog

Cultural Effective- I find having two speakers helps me have more time to think of questions, and have better outcomes from questions.

Cultural Ineffective-  This map was a detailed navigation map of inland waterways in his home community. The fellow speaker (Speaker 2 from now on) was very interested int he map, and gave a lot of information about their spatial memories, but my speaker would not be enticed to share his own experiences. He did answer direct questions, but not with much detail. I am not sure if it is the map or the other speaker, or something else, but it didn't seem informative today.

Cultural Provisional Improvements-  Ask speaker if he wants to have just me and him, and if he thinks the time is too busy with multiple people. I like having the extra dialog, and finding much more meaningful, but I am unsure if he feels the same

Tomorrow- I think its time to revisit the totem stories. This time, I want to make sure they are in the correct order, and align them to have a better read through. I hope to produce a better story with the last attempt.

Not aBOAT It

Duration- 1:12:24

Session Activity- Bring a map and a fellow speaker and have a conversation

Item Produced- Welding terms, and boat knowledge

Summary-  More boat talk...

Linguistic Effective- Having the other speaker helped with dialog. It was interesting to follow the conversation

Linguistic Ineffective- The map did not spur memories. The speaker had a lot of difficulty seeing the map.  Our location did not help with this. Though the living room setting was good for two people discussing, three people and an object must gather around a table

Linguistic Provisional Improvements- If you have a map, bring a magnifying glass.

Cultural Effective- Having another person there was interesting on a dialog point, but also in semantics. It was interesting to see what another fluent speaker understood, and more importantly did not understand.

Cultural Ineffective- The map was totally useless. It was a map of the land. The speaker seemed very uninterested.

Cultural Provisional Improvements-  Add a section about bringing another person into the conversation

Tomorrow- Finish the orthography!

Further Comments- This is frustrating, no matter what happens, everything returns to boats. It is very difficult to get any information beyond this subject