Objects, Bodies and Work Practice (Volume 3) (Language at Work (3))

ISBN 10: 1788924525 / ISBN 13: 9781788924528

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Objects, Bodies and Work Practice (Volume 3) (Language at Work (3))
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788924525
• ISBN 13: 9781788924528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What role do material objects play in the in-situ, embodied and spatial circumstances of interaction? How do people organize their embodied conduct with regard to such objects, and how is this consequential in and for their work practices? In this volume, contributors focus on these questions in terms of connections between ongoing courses of interaction within work practices, object materiality and mobility in space, bodily movement and manipulation of objects, and language. The chapters in this book address a broad range of settings and actions (including dressmaking, foreign language teaching, international business meetings and forklift driving) where a variety of objects become relevant.

About the Authors

Dennis Day is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark. His main research interest has been the situated study of work from ethnomethodological perspectives. Most recently he has focused on the role of socio-material environments in places of work.

Johannes Wagner is a Professor in the Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark. In recent years he has been working on a comprehensive understanding of human social praxis as the nexus of verbal interaction, embodied practices and tangible objects in the environment.