For anyone just tuning in and wanting to follow what I mean by “dominating and submitting,” I have in mind the kinds of interactions that Keith Johnstone describes in the “status” chapter of “Impro” (text here; excerpt and previous overcoming bias discussion here.)
This is the book that indirectly caused us to use the word “status” so often around here, but I feel the term “status” is a euphemism that brings model-distortions, versus discussing “dominating and submitting.” FWIW, Johnstone in the original passage says it is a euphemism, writing: “I should really talk about dominance and submission, but I’d create a resistance.
Students who will agree readily to raising or lowering their status may object if asked
to ‘dominate’ or ‘submit’.” (Hattip: Divia.)
FWIW, Johnstone in the original passage says it is a euphemism, writing: “I should really talk about dominance and submission, but I’d create a resistance. Students who will agree readily to raising or lowering their status may object if asked to ‘dominate’ or ‘submit’.”
Huh, that is an interesting and possibly quite important update for me (I’m not 100% sure what I’m updating on – this all seems compatible with the dominance vs /prestige distinction which is roughly my current status model. But, seems at least historically important if Impro had originally described it that way)
For anyone just tuning in and wanting to follow what I mean by “dominating and submitting,” I have in mind the kinds of interactions that Keith Johnstone describes in the “status” chapter of “Impro” (text here; excerpt and previous overcoming bias discussion here.)
This is the book that indirectly caused us to use the word “status” so often around here, but I feel the term “status” is a euphemism that brings model-distortions, versus discussing “dominating and submitting.” FWIW, Johnstone in the original passage says it is a euphemism, writing: “I should really talk about dominance and submission, but I’d create a resistance. Students who will agree readily to raising or lowering their status may object if asked to ‘dominate’ or ‘submit’.” (Hattip: Divia.)
Huh, that is an interesting and possibly quite important update for me (I’m not 100% sure what I’m updating on – this all seems compatible with the dominance vs /prestige distinction which is roughly my current status model. But, seems at least historically important if Impro had originally described it that way)