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Members
- Cornelia Gerhardt (Saarland University, Germany)
- Elisabeth Reber (University of Würzburg, Germany)
- Karin Birkner (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
- Jeff Bezemer (University of London, England)
- Benjamin Clarke (University of Leeds, England)
- Anh Nhi Dao (Freiburg University, Germany)
- Maxi Kupetz (University of Potsdam, Germany)
- Xiaoting Li (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
- Harrie Mazeland (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
- Thomas Metten (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)
- Christian Meyer (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
- Lorenza Mondada (University of Basel, Switzerland)
- Anja Stukenbrock (University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany)
Cornelia Gerhardt (Saarland University, Germany)
Network project: Notability: The construction of current events in talk in interaction
- media use in embodied interaction
- the construction of social action in embodied interaction
- embodied repair strategies
Homepage: Cornelia Gerhardt
Elisabeth Reber (University of Würzburg, Germany)
Network project: Grammar and embodiment in news interviews
- linguistic structures in embodied interaction
- stance-taking and embodied interaction
- embodied action formation
- embodied turn construction/turn allocation
Homepage: Elisabeth Reber
Karin Birkner (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
Network project: Intermodal coordination of vocal and visuospatial cues of laughter
Research interests:
- Which are the visuospatial cues that play a role in laughter (facial expressions, gaze, body posture, leaning) and how are they coordinated with the vocal cues of laughter?
- Which role do different cues play in the projection and the unfolding constructing of a laughable as well as in its uptake?
- How are vocal and visuospatial cues aligned to the verbal dimension of talk?
- What are the vocal and visuospatial features that distinguish between functions of laughter (like e.g. laughing at and laughing with)?
Homepage: Karin Birkner
Jeff Bezemer (University of London, England)
Network project: Embodied interaction in the operating theatre
Research interests:
- workplace learning and professional communication
- multimodality, literacy and pedagogy
- multilingualism and education
- ethnography and multimodal methods
Homepage: Jeff Bezemer
Benjamin Clarke (University of Leeds, England)
Network project: Towards the multimodal analysis of situational ellipsis: Patterns and predictability in embodiment
Research interests:
- the relationship between language and context
- descriptions of language as patterned social behaviour
- the interaction of the language modality with embodied semiotic systems
- proposals for systematic descriptions of these embodied modalities
- text and discourse analysis, particularly of casual conversation
- functional approaches to grammar
- reduced/contracted clausal structures
- information retrieval, particularly discourse anaphora resolution.
Homepage: Benjamin Clarke
Anh Nhi Dao (Freiburg University, Germany)
Network project: Mobile eye-tracking and the role of gaze in referring sequences
Research interests:
- gaze in interaction
- referential practices
- multimodal methods and interactional linguistics
Homepage: Anh Nhi Dao
Maxi Kupetz (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Network project: Empathy displays in social interaction
Research interests:
- displays of affectivity and displays of understanding in interaction
- intra- and interpersonal coordination of resources in social actions
- everyday interaction, radio phone ins, classroom interaction
Homepage: Maxi Kupetz
Xiaoting Li (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
Network project: Divergence of multimodal resources in turn organization in Mandarin conversation
Research interests:
- multimodality and action formation
- turn-taking and contingency
- language and body movements
Homepage: Xiaoting Li
Harrie Mazeland (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Network project:
Homepage: Harrie Mazeland
Thomas Metten (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)
Network project: A comparative study on multimodal constitution of identities in cultural heterogeneous school classes in New Zealand and Germany
Research interests:
- identity and multimodality
- media and image theory
- knowledge mediation and cultural memory
Homepage: Thomas Metten
Christian Meyer (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
Network project: Cultural variations and intercorporeal process in situated practices
Research interests:
- cultural variation in the dynamics of communication and interaction
- interaction at the edges of the social world (i.e. with spirits, robots, animals, strangers, dementia patients, etc.)
- intercorporeality in sports
- video based research methodology
Homepage: Christian Meyer
Lorenza Mondada (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Network project: Interactional space
Research interests:
- the sequential organization of multimodal resources in social interaction
- talk, body movements and mobility
- space and material environment
- doing ethnography with video; video installations for research
Homepage: Lorenza Mondada