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Final Blog – Throughout the semester, I have really enjoyed watching the mock-interviews and photo montages, while also participating in the group discussions – they’ve undoubtedly broadened my perspective on certain topics and taught me to think more critically about emotions and bodies. WK 3 – Mind/Body Split: this photo montage focuses on the causes of emotions and the reactions they attract. Themes include outward emotions, decision-making, somatic markers, social constructionism and memory. To benefit, this video could have included more circumstantial-specific images. WK 4 – Civilised bodies, complex emotions: this photo montage conveyed themes of basic and complex emotions, and the civilising process. They used a lot of original images and gave mention to historical eras – making the differentiation from late modernity clear. WK 5 – Love, intimacy in late modernity: this mock interview was creative and intriguing. Included themes of crisis, intimate relationships, self-reflexivity, injustice etc. Kenneth thinks critically and is consistently informative. To improve, this video could have included referral to jealousy, the decline in modern/industrial institutions. WK 6 – Disconnection, loneliness and medicalisation: this mock interview focuses on themes of loneliness, social media, gendered experiences of disconnection, mental illness and medicalisation. The inclusion of Youtube videos, statistics and a constant referral to readings are beneficial to support their panel discussion. WK 7 – Managed heart at work and home: this interview was raw and gave insight into a working woman’s experiences. It focused on the themes of emotional labour, teaching, emotion management and decision difficulty. A referral to managing emotions at home and changes over time would have been of benefit to this video. WK 9 – Emotional extraction, modified bodies, aesthetic industries: unable to access video/interview. WK10 – Politics, shame and anger: this was my group’s photo montage – I felt that it lacked originality and necessary detail which could have been through text or voice-over. Although the images reflect themes of complex emotions in shame and anger, it does not exemplify or critique the topic, nor does it give reference to emotions and bodies. WK 11- Happiness, hope and empathy: this photo montage includes themes of happiness, hope and empathy in both individual and social contexts. To improve this video, adding detail through text and delving further into what causes such emotions/the effect of the media etc. - Chelsea Cryer 6063238

Week 2 - Mind/body split: This week's montage had an array of examples which represented the themes of this week's topic greatly. There were a few examples that felt like it didn't fit however the beginning of the montage was exceptionally thought-out, especially the emotional thoughts response vs thought driven response, and bodily response to live music vs thoughtful response to live music. Week 4 - Civilised Bodies, Complex Emotions: This week's video montage was very thorough and in-depth which was really great to watch. The different perspectives were good as it allows the viewer to see the differences and similarities of people's opinions. I think it would’ve been excellent if they incorporated more ideas of changing etiquettes and manners overtime and elaborated more on their “it depends on…” answers to some of the questions. Week 5 - Love, intimacy Late Modernity: This week's montage was very extensive and great. However, I believe that they missed the point of reflexivity in late modernity and how aspects of liquid modernity (or liquid modernity as a whole) have changed the dynamics of love and intimacy in late modernity. Week 6 - Disconnection, Loneliness and Medicalisation: This week’s video montage was good, I appreciated the discussion on the link between masculinity (especially toxic masculinity) and loneliness. Week 7 - Managed Heart at Work and Home: I really enjoyed this week’s video montage, it was very in-depth yet still engaging. The idea of environment and social relations as influential agents on emotion management was touched on, and it would have been interesting to hear bout people’s perspectives on how they perceive culture as an influential agent on emotion management. Week 9 - Emotional Extraction, Modified Bodies, Aesthetic Industries: This week's video montage was very general and I personally think it would have been interesting have a more in-depth discussion on the themes of exploring body modifications that are not just tattoos and piercings and how the acceptance and normalisation of body modifications have affected our emotions (e.g. envy, jealousy, happiness, acceptance, admiration, etc.). Week 10 - Politics, shame and anger: There was a variety of topics that were discussed in-depth, I don’t think they missed any essential themes of this topic.

Throughout the term, despite the circumstances, we were able to explore emotions, bodies and society and the different aspects that the bring to everyday lives. Mind Body Split – They had a good number of photos and text that came with in-text citation/references having great understanding of mind/body split by having for and against points. Sometimes difficult due to how fast paced it was. Civilised Bodies, Complex Emotions – Very basic but informative video presentation as it was easy to understand with both media and text throughout. Love, intimacy Late Modernity – The mock interview linked the current global pandemic and the relations that it may have to relationships. Despite it being a different type of context than imagined, they were still able to link the correlations to relevant authors and texts. Disconnection, Loneliness and Medicalisation – The mock interview had a great amount of interactivity through discussion of the members and media that straightforward whilst being able to relate to current situations whilst not straying away from the main topic at hand. Managed Heart at Work and Home – The mock interview had a clear understanding by linking emotion management within the two different places and why that change may have occurred. They could have improved on this by giving a more in-depth understanding rather than giving a brief understanding of the topic. Emotional Extraction, Modified Bodies, Aesthetic Industries – I think we could have had better referencing within our montage and maybe had a more engaging background layout, so it wasn’t as dull to view. Though I think the information used was straightforward and informative. Politics, shame and anger – Could not find the student film that went along with this week topic. If they had created one, could have amplified a better understanding on the topic through the medium. Happiness hope and empathy – Photo presentation was very straight forward with images chosen, music and background layout. Could have added small in-text captions on slides to get better understanding of texts in topic.

The photo presentation for Mind/Body split was really effective through using statements and then backing them up with photos to accompany them. It was easy to understand and visualise as I am a visual learner so the mix between text and photos helped a lot. With the film presentation for week 3 on Civilised Bodies, Complex Emotions, the presentation was really good and insightful on how manners have changed throughout the past several hundred years and the changing way we interact and behave in modern society. The readings were covered well. I’m not entirely sure about their second film as the links went to the same presentation? With the film for week 4 on Love, intimacy & late modernity it is very relevant with how we communicate and express feelings to each other. I like how Kenneth states that we are now forced to engage with each other because of the COVID crisis and the isolation that can be crippling to some people who are already feeling lonely. The presentations for A Managed Heart at Work and Home were very good with lots of information on this week’s topic. I could not access the interview however but again the presentations were quite insightful and in-depth with regards to covering the essential readings. The photo montage for Emotional Extraction, Modified Bodies, and Aesthetic Industries was quite well and I understood perfectly regarding emotional extraction and service industry as I work in the hospitality and food industry for my current job so I know how to behave with regards to emotions. I also agree with the section on modified bodies and the aesthetic industries as we can see that these go hand in hand as society and the work place put pressure on us to change our bodies to suit a certain look. The presentation for Politics, Shame and Anger was interesting however it felt quite brief and not very detailed. The photo presentation for Happiness, Hope and Empathy was good with the visuals and photos depicting these emotions and meanings. The music as well had a happy theme to it.

Throughout the video presentation’s strong themes of the civilising of bodies occurring through the regulation of emotions and bodily actions to adhere to social norms were thoroughly conveyed. There was further exploration of the ways in which such regulation creates the conditions in which complex emotions such as shame guilt and embarrassment are formed and attributed to various bodily actions. These complex emotions were identified as stemming from basic emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise and attributed to societal influences when becoming attached to performances outside expected norms. From early 18th C notions of regulating emotions and bodies with manners texts and etiquette rules to the detraditionalization which marks late modernity impacting work and intimate relationships through the work of both Giddens. (1992) and Patulny et al. (2019) were also examined. These texts were used to highlight how both emotions and the body have been impacted by the processes of detraditionalization and the acceleration of technology present of late modernity. One of the best conveyed themes throughout the presentations was on emotional extraction and the ways that the emotional expenditure of energy for a task or work requires individuals to be emotionally supportive of others. Another theme that was approached well in this presentation was unpacking the use of emotional intelligence required for individuals to make conclusions about what people want or the actions they take. Many of the videos strongly how the expressions of emotions are both received and displayed as a product of and in relation to societal rules, highlighting the influence of society in the way that emotions are expressed and experienced (Padios., 2017). What some of the videos fail to capture are the nuanced differences which have influenced the expressions of emotions and bodily norms within various subcultures. Many presentations, including my own, focussed on heteronormative relationships in late modernity and the ways in which emotions and bodies are regulated and influenced for men and women which failed to account for the ever-increasing refusal to adhere to a gender binary in late modernity #S344UOW20 #Tut12 #Mon1230

Final Blog - Week 12 Compilation Over the semester I have very much enjoyed watching to mock-interviews, group discussion and photo presentations, particularly as it would expand my view on the subject when taking in other students perspectives. This blog will go over the theme's conveyed and potentially failed to capture in relation to that weeks topic and the connection between emotions and bodies in society. Mind/Body Split: The video for this weeks topic conveyed the themes of meditation, community, biological factors, decision making, outward reactions and memory. This presentation could have displayed the mind/body split or connection in a stronger manner as the visuals depicted activities or individuals on their own. Civilised bodies & Complex Emotions: Basic emotions and ranges of emotions were two themes covered during this presentation. I felt this group did a fantastic job drawing the connection between modernity and the historical transition of civilising bodies. I would have liked to have seen a mention to the further depth of these emotions. Love and Intimacy in late modernity: This was my favourite representation with the visual representation for the interview and the example of the comedy piece towards the end. Great discussion on the changes of intimacy in the present state (linking to divorce rates increase) and domestic violence. The theme of love and the impact of the transition to late modernity could have been a stronger theme covered. In addition to this, other aspects of intimacy appeared to be missing. Managed heart at Work & Home: By using the interview technique, it gave a good understanding of an individuals point of view towards managing emotions in the workplace and to a small extent the link into ones personal life. This interview mainly focused on emotional labour, societal pressures, managing emotions so as to not impact those involved (eg, colleagues and students) and the strain put on management decisions and the fallout of those decisions. I would really have liked to have seen the topic of managing emotions at home conveyed in a stronger way as this only briefly made appeared. Disconnect, Loneliness & Medicalisation: I particularly enjoyed the connection around loneliness and the method of a panel discussion intertwining the readings for this presentation. Also the discussion of the impact of the family unit change and the societal role a woman can stereotypically play. The discussion was well rounded with the inclusion of the stigma around medicalisation and the historical trauma of hysteria and the drugged up housewife. Happiness, Hope & Empathy: This presentation was from my group. Our video showed a visual representation of those emotions display and conveyed in a general sense within the community and the visual complexity of those emotions. In hindsight we should have better unpacked those emotions at their complex nature, not just the simplicity of them or being stand alone. We also failed to capture the representation in society beyond the surface level. We also could have included the powerful impact of these emotions being depicted through imagery. Stephanie Moore - 4268751 #S344UOW20 #Tut12 #Mon1230

Final Blog Week 12 Week 3 Mind, Body Split Week 3 s presentation overall I enjoyed and I thought was very informative although their video montage could of had more explanation behind the certain ideas shown just so it made a bit more sense to the audience so maybe some captioned images or subtitles explaining what they were doing at that present moment. Week 4 Civilised bodies and complex emotions Their video montage for Week 3’s presentation was very interesting although they could have explained why the chose certain behaviours and why they are/ are not more acceptable within different cultures just gone more in depth. Week 5 Love and Intimacy I really enjoyed wee 4’s presentation and found it so intriguing having different perspectives from all different types of people explaining their views on the related question, I would of loved to see some sort of role play or image montage to break up the information load. Week 6 Disconnection, Loneliness and medicalisation In regards to Week 6’s video montage I enjoyed the light background music and graphics, I also enjoyed the refreshingly honest answers in reference to loneliness. Week 7 Managed heart at work and home I really liked week 7’s presentation in regards to their answers on the video Montage I thought they were very raw and open, although I would of liked to see the questions below their video responses for their whole length of their answers as sometimes I forgot the question Week 9 Emotional Extraction, modified bodies and Aesthetic industries Week 9’s montage was very interesting and once again enlightening to hear the responses from different perspectives although the volume of the responses was quite low and I was unable to hear some of the responses. Week 10 Politics, shame and anger This video montage I thought was the most educational and I loved the idea of people from two different generations answering the relevant questions although I would of liked to have seen more perspectives from a variety of different people as well. Week 11 Happiness, hope and Empathy This was my groups presentation week and overall I really do believe our presentation was good although the video montage could of been expanded and we needed interviews to be able to make it more interactive. #S344UOW20 #Tut12 #Fri1230