Ep. 320 - Human Element Series - Using Gestures To Enhanced Communications with Lauren Gawne
Description
Today we are joined by Lauren Gawne. Lauren is a Senior Lecturer in linguistics at La Trobe University. Her work focuses on understanding how people use gestures and grammar, with a particular focus on cross-cultural gesture use. Lauren also does research on emoji, scicomm and the grammar of Tibetan languages in Nepal. [Sept 8, 2025]
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Intro Links
- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/
- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
02:40 - Lauren Gawne Intro
03:02 - Foreign Gestures
03:59 - Linguistical Mad Libs
05:37 - Universal Traits
07:47 - This Isn't Taught
10:07 - Head Shaking Confusion
12:41 - The Weirdness of Writing
14:31 - Deception Detection
17:46 - Got The Time?
21:39 - Assigning Space
23:06 - The Cross Culture Conundrum
27:31 - Find Lauren Gawne Online
- Website: https://lingthusiasm.com/
- Blog: https://www.superlinguo.com/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superlinguo.bsky.social
28:48 - Book Recommendations
- The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
- Gesture - Lauren Gawne
30:39 - Mentors
31:58 - Guest Wrap Up & Outro
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