Gesture beyond conversation

Bezemer, J. (2012) Gesture beyond conversation. In: The Routledge Hanbook of Multimodal Analysis (Second edition). Routledge. ISBN n/a (Submitted)

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Abstract

Gesture has received ample scholarly attention, some of it dating back to Classical Antiquity. Most of this work is focused on the use of gesture as an accompaniment of speech in conversational interactions. For instance, some of the most widely cited contemporary scholars of gesture, including Adam Kendon and David McNeill, have looked extensively at gestures produced by story tellers in informal gatherings or in interviews with a researcher. In this chapter I look at the use of gesture in a different type of social encounter, namely in the interactions between health care professionals during surgical operations. In Goffman’s (1981) terms, surgeons not only engage in ‘conversations’ but also ‘coordinated task activity’. The chief concern of participants in a conversation is ‘talk’; in coordinated task activity it is a ‘practical’ task. Goffman uses the example of mechanics fixing a car and that activity is very similar indeed to what surgeons do in an operating theatre.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: 4. Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 4.2 Interaction Analysis
4. Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 4.11 Ethnography
4. Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 4.13 Visual Data Analysis
4. Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 4.23 Qualitative Approaches (other)
6. Mixed Methods Data Handling and Data Analysis > 6.3 Mixed Methods Approaches (other)
Depositing User: MODE User
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2012 11:30
Last Modified: 14 Jul 2021 13:56
URI: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2883

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