Hi:)My name is Sandra and I would like to reflect last night's interesting session regarding seeing Practice and myself and discussions around learning, knowledge and information. I will say something from my perspective and long experience as a mover, dancer, teacher and observer. From my point of view i would say knowledge refers to the some point of awareness and understanding on the subject acquired from learning (studying, experience) of a person. Information we could see as cultivated form of data which is helpful to understand the meaning knowledge or skills (which could come before or after learning, such as receiving informations)is the relevant and objective informations that helps in drawing conclusions. So i see this three things as a wholeness of different shapes which through the phases becomes one thing, oneness (like i think something Elliot also added in discussion). Those parts are full, intertwined and connected and i would just add and related to t...
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