Lesson 4- Backchanneling: While Standing

0:00 [Jelica] Backchanneling while standing.
0:05 I'd like to demonstrate the different locations on the body we're backchanneling can be given.
0:09 Right now the two of us are standing facing each other.
0:13 We are no longer seated as we had been when it was convenient for us to share backchanneling feedback on the leg.
0:26 Now that we are standing, our thighs are out of reach and should not be used.
0:30 As a general rule, backchanneling on the leg should not be used while standing.
0:36 Now we can use different areas for backchanneling, such as the forearm like this, the upper arm as seen here, or the shoulder, just like that.
0:58 Now, if we were standing side by side however like this, involved in a conversation with a third person, or both engaged in co-presence side by side, the underside of the forearm may be used.
1:14 Remember when we return to face each other again, we go back to using the outside of the forearm.
1:19 We do not use the inside of the forearm for backchanneling in face-to-face communication.
1:27 Let's do some role play.
1:29 I'll go first and then you'll get a chance to try.
1:34 You'll remember from previous lessons that to begin conversation, my hand starts at your shoulder, trails down your arm, and connects with your listening hand.
1:42 The other hand that usually gives feedback on my leg, now moves to my forearm like this.
1:48 Now it's your turn to try.
1:51 First begin at my shoulder, trailing down my arm to my listening hand, and then you'll notice that my hand goes to your forearm or upper chest to give you my backchanneling.
2:02 Now if we're not facing one another, but instead we're facing out, standing side-by-side, either talking to somebody else or engaging in co-presence,
2:11 I would not reach across to your body to give you feedback.
2:14 Instead, my backchanneling would happen right here on your lower arm like this.
2:20 Backchanneling while in co-presence.
2:23 The reason I would provide backchanneling as a third person
2:26 in a conversation is to continue to share
2:28 how I'm receiving that communication to you as we interact, this maintains co-presence.
2:33 This way we can all feel one another's participation in the conversation, and we were all involved.
2:38 Another important principle of co-presence is that nobody is kept waiting for information that others are receiving, only to get a secondhand rendition of what happened after the fact.
2:47 Instead in co-presence we experienced the event and it's unfolding at the same time.
2:52 Co-presence works in tandem with backchanneling as we are immersed in reciprocal physical and social experiences.