The Power of Conversation and Connection Across Age | Sandra Faulkner | TEDxBGSU

Описание: In this talk, I discuss the Intergenerational Connections project in which my students talked with residents at a long-term care facility via Zoom four times during spring semester 2021. I share the connections that students made with their dialogue partners that helped break down stereotypes and expectations about interacting with older adults. The dialogues with older adults allowed students to share their experiences with someone from a different cohort and hear an older adult’s perspectives on topics, such as friendships, family relationships, and romantic relationships. For example, students were pleased to learn that their partners liked some of the same movies they did, and some even liked drinking beer. What this experience taught me and my students is the importance of reaching out across generations for meaningful connection, which is something we can all do. Sandra L. Faulkner is Professor of Media and Communication at BGSU where she writes, teaches, and researches about close relationships. Her work focuses on how individuals navigate gender, race and sexuality through interpersonal communication and the use of arts-based research as inclusive pedagogy. She often uses poetry, creative nonfiction, and autoethnography to explore her own negotiation of identity as a parent, partner, and professor. She received the 2013 Knower Outstanding Article Award from the National Communication Association, the 2016 Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award, and the 2020 Trujillo and Goodall “It’s a Way of Life Award” in Narrative Ethnography, and the 2022 Women of Distinction Award. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx