3rd Meeting with Dr Hwang

In our discussion, I established that the way I'm going to talk about Kalaripayattu is through the case study approach. From looking specifically at Kalaripayattu, I'll see if I can draw out any patterns that maybe generalised with the use of martial arts in drama practice.

We also talked about the idea of space and how it affects the practice of Kalaripayattu itself, since Kalari is actually a Malayalam word for a type of construction where the practitioners practise in. Dr Hwang talked about how consciousness does not exist in a vacuum but always exists as a response to something else.

I was reminded how in social sciences the position of the researcher is very important and we do not assume the "transparent objective researcher" as in the other sciences. Hence, my position has to be decided before I can delve further into the topic.

I iterated that I have an interest in bridging knowledge that are traditionally seen as separate and that is a probably reason why I wanted biology in the scope of my paper. It had helped me when I assimilated different sources of information into one concept when I trained in voice production so I wanted to do the same for an actor training approach.

I was left with this question at the end of the meeting: In your paper, do you want to talk about the effects of Kalaripayattu to the psychophysical approach, or the effects of the language?