The speaking touch
Category: Accessories
Competitions: International, Brazil
Language is often associated with speech, which limits the understanding of communication systems that operate beyond the verbal field. Non-verbal communication, especially mediated by the body and touch, functions as a system capable of producing meaning, establishing relationships and organizing interactions. Physical contact moves beyond the sensory and becomes a construction of language. As Edward T. Hall suggests, touch and proximity communicate beyond words, structuring relationships and meaning even in the absence of speech. Neurodivergence expands this perspective by showing that non-speaking individuals are not without language, but operate through systems based on gesture, repetition and contact. These forms constitute legitimate ways of expression and organization of experience. From this perspective, the project proposes touch as language, understood as a system built through experience, time and connection
