INTERSUBJECTIVITY

2019
Objective/s
01 Realize that intersubjectivity requires accepting
differences and not imposing on others

02 Appreciate the talents of persons especially those

with disabilitites and those from the
underprivileged sectors of society

03 Explain that authentic dialogue requires opennes to

others even if they are different from us

04 Perform activities that demonstrate the talents of

persons with disabilities and those from the
underprivileged sectors of society
Realize that intersubjectivity requires
accepting differences and not imposing
on others
What is your impression about the picture?
What is Intersubjectivity?

How is it related with respect?

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

the realm of
co- “with” does not
properly apply... to the
purely objective world
existence to presence
which the
preposition
with properly “But though you're still with
me, I've been alone all
applies along”
Do you know people who have
disabilities and
underprivileged? How do you
deal with them?
To be with the other is to open my
self to the being of the other,
which is a mystery. “Being a
mystery, the human being is
removed from the category of
things, or of “having.”
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To mutually
respect each other
as subjects, that is
intersubjectivity.
Appreciate the talents of persons especially
those with disabilitites and those from the
underprivileged sectors of society
Ronnel del Rio
Ronnel del Rio is a broadcast journalist. He is also
blind.
A radio journalist for almost a decade now, Ronnel
first became known in 1996 because of his radio
program, "Good Morning Southern Luzon." A voice of
reason and awareness, he discussed national issues as
well as issues that the community of PWDs in the
Philippines faced. Striving to be a voice for the
unheard PWDs in the Philippines, Ronnel pushed for
accessible services not only in his area but in the rest
of the country.
A man with much vision for everyone, not just his
fellow PWDs, he also works as a Housing and
Homesite Regulatory Affairs Officer for the
government of Batangas. There, he pushed for the
Viable Socialized Resettlement Program wherein idle
land is taken under consideration to become housing
projects for the underprivileged in Batangas.
Del Rio is also the first blind person to earn a Master's
degree in the Philippines, having studied Management
Technology in De La Salle University in 2003.
Ana Kristina Arce Deaf since she was born, Ana's hearing disability didn't stop her from
unstoppable yearning to learn. She was awarded class valedictorian at the
Philippine School for the Deaf and her success in the academe went on
from there.
In 2009, she graduated magna cum laude from the De La Salle - College of
Saint Benilde (CSB) with a degree in Applied Deaf studies. Her focus was
on the multimedia arts and she went on to become a graphic artist at her
alma mater, CSB.
Blazing the trail, she continued on to study abroad to pursue a Master's
Degree. She earned her MA in Deaf Studies from the Gallaudet University,
Washington D.C., one of the world's most prominent universities in the
field of deaf studies. She is the first Filipino to be sent to Gallaudet
University with a World Deaf Leadership Scholarship.
Why all the studying? Ana says she wants to give back. On the New
Internationalist Blog she said:
"I hope to not only help them (the deaf) go through college, but also make
them good researchers, and active advocates in their respective
communities. In my advocacy, I’m looking at opportunities to bring the
needs of the Deaf into the consciousness of society, especially the hearing
people. I aim to help integrate the Deaf and the hearing together in unity,
bridge the communication gap, increase awareness of the Deaf culture,
and raise the respect for the natural sign language of the Filipino Deaf –
the Filipino Sign Language."
Gilda Quintua-Nakahara To run her business and talk to people, Gilda uses her hands — either
through pen and paper or Filipino Sign Language. The definition of a
successful Deaf Entrepreneur, she runs a travel and tour business called
Nakahara Lodging and Travel Agency. Catering to those like her, it's
primarily a travel service for deaf people around the world, though they also
provide services for hearing people.
Drawing inspiration from foreign deaf friends, she and her fellow deaf
Pinoys met in tourist spots, and she decided to set up her own business
starting in 2004. A travel agency like any other, she's known for her reliable
arrangements and service which she describes has "age-old" Filipino
hospitality.
Pushing through discrimination and barriers, she managed to learn the ins
and outs of booking flights, accommodations, and tour management.
In 2007, she was recognized at the Go Negosyo Caravan for People with
Disabilities in De Salle –College of St. Benilde. But, as she said in her
interview with Manila Bulletin, representing the fellow deaf is its own
reward.
“As a deaf person in this kind of business, I am proud to say that I have
crossed the border of so-called limited access. I honestly worked hard to
achieve my goals. I wanted to show the world that we are not cut off from
mainstream society and we are capable of regularly doing and keeping our
jobs like the rest of hearing and speaking people.”
Aside from all of this, Gilda has helped establish a deaf organization in her
province of Eastern Samar.
 TO-BE-IS-TO-BE-WITH
“Human living is living of
something other than itself.-
Marcel
What . . . that human life is not just about
catering to one's biological sustenance.
Human life has to have meaning.
A life that is only concerned about its
biological sustenance is focused only on
oneself.
“Whoever tries to save his life will
lose it, but whoever loses his life
will preserve it.”- Luke 17:33
The center of human life is outside of itself.
By contrast, people who live for others,
ironically, are those who feel more fulfilled.
For Marcel, these are the people who have
embraced the reality of human living. They
live for otehrs because it is who they are, it is
what human living is. To be, to exist in a way,
is to be with.
Explain that authentic dialogue requires
opennes to others even if they are
different from us
Activity in pairs. Must be done in COMPLETE SILENCE.
Partners are NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER OR
COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE EYES.

One of you will start

Pass the paper After the first round,
Share a writing the beginning
to your partner let your parner take
piece of of a sentence that
randomly comes to and let him his turn.
paper with mind. (Try not to think of a complete the Continue taking
your partner. sentence that is common
sentence turns in starting
and popular used to keep
the activity as exciting and according to sentences until you
DO NOT
revelatory). what he thinks it both create 5
COMPLETE YOUR
is about. sentences in total.
SENTENCE.
Activity in pairs. Must be done in COMPLETE SILENCE.
Partners are NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER OR
COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE EYES.

Rate your partner's accurate prediction of what your sentence is in a scale of

0-3.
0- sentence completely different and unrelated to what you intended
1- sentence touched a bit on what you intended to say
2- sentence is close to what you intended to say
3- sentence is perfeclty accurate
What does the activity teach you
about the essentials of understanding
through communication?
 MORAL HUMILITY

Individuals are shaped by their

IRIS MARION YOUNG
“put ourselves histories and social context. No
however, is problematic and can be two personds share a
in the shoes of dangerous; completely the same social
another No matter how familiar a person position and individual history.
person” has become, you will never be able As such, no two persons can
to fully know what is on his mind. have the exact the same
Example: the blind men and the experiences and form the same
elephant perspectives.
MORAL HUMILITY
the best way to have a more
holistic perspective is to learn
from others who see things
differently from us;
We must learn to silence our
minds that tend to totalize things
and persons, and wait for the
other to teach us something
new.
PWD's
PWDs “usually think that their
lives are worth living, and
strongly wish to have
discriminatory impediments
removed so they can live as
well as possible” - (Young,
1997;344-345)
victims of
rape/domestic violence
What happens in
reality is that we are
more of projecting our
own fears, anxieties or
anger on other
persons
We will never fully understand the
world of a person victimized by
harassment unless we experience it
MORAL HUMILITY

ourselves. The best that we can

give them is our listening silence.
Such a silence entails moral
humility. This humility is exercised
through the admission that we do
not know the other person fully.
We must listen to what they have to
say.
Genuine listening, however. entails great effort. Here are some of the things we
should avoid saying if we want people to truly open up to us (Faber and Mazlish,
1980);

1. Do not say that their feelings are invalid. There are no right or wrong. Let them
express how they feel. They should not be judged for emotions that they cannot
help.
2. Do not give advice if they are not asking for any. What they need is a friend who
can be with them, not some expert who can look at them in a detached way.
3. Do not philosophize about their situation as if you are above them and you truly
know what has happened.
4. Do not say “I know” how you feel.
5. Do not say “If I were you . . . unless she asks you what you would do if you were in
her shoes.
Perform activities that demonstrate the talents
of persons with disabilities and those from the
underprivileged sectors of society
TOUCH BODY GAME
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TOTALIZATION OF
THE OTHER TRANSCENDENT
Totalization is a denial of the other's
“The other remains infinitely transcendent,
difference, “the denial of the otherness of
infinitely foreign.” - Levinas
the other”.It is when I refuse to see that the
other person can be someone else apart from The word transcendent means above and
what I expect him to be. beyond

To claim that there is nothing beyond what

FAMILIARITY
you see and what you know of the other is
-gives a sense of complacency;
to force them into your self-made prison of
- “this feeling of familiarity
expectations.
prevents a genuine encounter with
the other”
- “Over him I have no power. He
escapes my grasp”
LEVINAS: My fellow subject, who resists totalization

Being
The power
neighbor to the
of the FACE other
“The face resists The parable of a
possession, resists my Good Samaritan
powers. In its epiphny,
in expression, the Beyond their social
sensible, still graspable categories, however, they
turns into total were persons facing
resistance to the another personin need of
grasp.” help.

A genuine encounter with Many of those viewd as nobody, as

another person is an outcasts in the society seem to be
encounter in which we tame more open, more welcoming of
others. We can say this could be
our tendency to overcome
they are not trapped within their own
the other and imprison him categories. Hence they are more
within our demands and available and freer to lend their
expectations. assistance to those in need.
THANK YOU
2017