Breaking the rhythm. Sharing and inclusion

There is a rhythm within human beings, in their bodies and, in particular, in their communicative relationships. Communication itself is rhythmic and musical, expressed in the posture and movements of the body, face and voice. What happens when a stranger, a foreigner, approaches us and these communal rhythms? How creative and inclusive is the rhythmic nature of mankind? The foreigner is someone who “does not move in time”, yet relationships between strangers are inevitable in our species and meeting as “aliens” has been the central structure of all human stories. Processes of rhythmic contamination are necessary to facilitate the challenging task of a cultural exchange. Modern musical forms, such as jazz or reggae, are examples of rhythm and music hybrids. These are made possible by the imitative capability of human beings in conditions of reciprocal openness, a powerful resource that is a primary driver of creative contamination processes.