Stereotyped Behaviour: Inital Ideas

To engage in stereotyped behaviour that conveys information to others of the same or another species. (Dictionary.com definition of Display) Develop a work with this in mind.

Here are some initial thoughts I had relating to this project:

• What is a 'stereotype' in terms of behaviour? It is a simplified and standardised conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
• Interestingly, the meaning of the word when not in terms of behaviour is a method for making metal printing by taking a mould of a composed type or the like in papier mache or other materials and then taking from this mould a cast in type metal.
• What information can be conveyed by behaviour? Info on identity such as age, gender, nationality, culture; Moods and emotions such as happy, sad, scared; Wants and needs such as hunger, pain, mating calls; Relationships with others; Human identity such as through clothing and makeup. 
• What would be a stereotypical stereotype for me to pick? Which stereotypes in particular always come to mind when stereotyping is mentioned? Probably when people convey identity through clothing and dress similarly to others in their groups.
• Behaviour that tells others that we are human? I could question this by experimenting with a lack of human behaviour or use of human behaviour by another species to confuse the viewer and make them question human nature.
• Feral children? -----------------> the jungle book?
• Challenge stereotypes by investigating humans who have grown up alone without contacts with other humans or children raised by animals such as dogs. 

The Movie 'Nell' tells the story of a woman who has grown up outside of human civilisation and how she is integrated back into society.