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Exploring Metaphor and Meaning-Making Through Play: Insights from Ana Marjanović-Shane's Research

Ana Marjanović-Shane, with extensive experience in education and research at institutions like the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Belgrade, delves into the role of metaphors in understanding and meaning-making. Her work spans over a decade, focusing on children's spontaneous metaphoric expressions, guided drama workshops, and qualitative analyses of political speeches. This holistic approach underscores the importance of play in constructing meaning and highlights the asymmetries and relationships inherent in metaphor use. Join her in exploring the transformative potential of metaphor and play in education.

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Exploring Metaphor and Meaning-Making Through Play: Insights from Ana Marjanović-Shane's Research

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  1. Ana Marjanović-Shane

  2. Education • University of Pennsylvania, • Metaphor Beyond Play • University of Belgrade, • Development of Understanding Word Sense (Point)

  3. Jobs • University of Belgrade, TA, researcher • University of Novi Sad, Associate Professor • Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Researcher • University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer • Chestnut Hill College, Adjunct Professor • City of Philadelphia, OMH/MR Information Systems for MR Services

  4. Projects • Longitudinal ethnographic collection of children’s spontaneous metaphoric expressions (10+ years) • Ethnographic study of guided drama workshops for children 7 – 18 (video and audio taping and analysis) • Participant observer study of the processes of meaning making in acting classes • Analysis of metaphors in NY Times articles about Serbs and war in Yugoslavia • Analysis of metaphors in political speaches of Bush, Bin Laden, Milosevic and Hitler

  5. Projects • “Play, Art, Theory” – a multi activity and multi medium interactive workshop about the role of play-like activity in construction of meaning. Alias: From ‘Red Gloves’ to ‘Hamlet’. • Cultural Educational Center ZMAJ (for children of Yugoslavian origin).

  6. CHAT based semantic theory • Starting point: Analysis of processes involved in creating metaphors • When is a metaphor? • What is metaphor? Simile and metaphor • Asymmetry in metaphor • Functional differences in the elements of metaphor (Topic and Comment)

  7. CHAT based semantic theory

  8. CHAT based semantic theory • Play and change in direction of asymmetry • Frames or worlds • Relationships between participants in different worlds (acting classes experiences) • Crossing the boundaries

  9. CHAT based semantic theory • Mediation – core of the CHAT based approach • Mediation between what and by what • Subject – Object: Tools

  10. CHAT based semantic theory

  11. CHAT based semantic theory

  12. CHAT based semantic theory “ABOUT”

  13. CHAT based semantic theory “Play” as a construction zone of meaning relations

  14. Ana Marjanović-Shane

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