Crossing the Borders of Meaning

Reflections of a Facilitator

Dr. Hammouda Salhi works at the University of Tunis El Manar. Ms Yuen Yen Tsai is a serious game facilitator for Shiraka trainings, the Netherlands. They share a conversation about Making Meaning by interpreting, by exploring cultural backgrounds. And at last, by serious gaming. Location of the meeting: Wolvenplein. Once a prison, but today a hotspot for creative, small businesses. Index of the podcast: 01:50 What play can add to human beings? 08:30 How to face the resistance to play? 14:15 How can play boost soft skills, communication skills? 17:05 The struggle to win the time challenge 19:59 Body language going beyond the fences of languages and culture 23:20 Flow of intuition and preparations 31:00 Understand creativity, queste for meaning 35:00 How to translate yourself to others? 38:57 Trust, trust, trust interpreters and mediators 41:28 (Facilitator and interpreter) Being on different paths 45:39 Play is able to carry the communication process