Sensing in Social Interaction (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Mondada, Lorenza

ISBN 10: 1108706134 / ISBN 13: 9781108706131

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sensing in Social Interaction (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108706134
• ISBN 13: 9781108706131
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book offers a novel perspective on how people engage in sensing the materiality of the world as a way of social interaction. It proposes a conceptual and analytical advance in how to approach sensing as an intersubjective and interactional phenomenon within the framework of conversation analysis and ethnomethodology. Based on a uniquely rich set of video-recorded data, the author shows how people reacting to cheese in gourmet shops across Europe highlights the part the senses play in human behaviour and communication. The multimodal analysis of the case studies reveals the systematic features of looking, touching, smelling, and tasting in situated activities. By blending interdisciplinary research with real life, the volume puts together a theoretical and methodological framework for studying the embodied and linguistic dimensions of sensing in interaction.

About the Author

Lorenza Mondada is internationally recognized for her work in social interaction. She is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland.