Löfgren ICCA23: The interactional history of proposals at opera rehearsals

As part of the Interactional Histories panel at ICCA2023, Löfgren is presenting on the development of depictions in opera rehearsals. Abstract: This paper targets opera performer proposals of dramatic actions - actions to be carried out on stage to music in the service of portraying the characters. The performers both describe and depict (Clark, 2016) …

Keevallik ICCA Workshop – Affiliation in interaction

Keevallik is hosting a pre-conference workshop at the International Conference on Conversation Analysis 2023, Brisbane, on Affilliation. We will move from the historical development of the concept through some classics to specific societal issues, complex turns, and embodied aspects of creating social cohesion.

Leelo Keevallik on UR Sverige Forskar

Leelo Keevallik was featured on UR's Sverige Forskar program, available here: https://urplay.se/program/229034-sverige-forskar-de-ordlosa-ljudens-sprak For a (rough! personally done!) transcript in English, see below: De ordlösa ljudens språk. 2022. Producent: Jan Axelsson. UR: Sverige Forskar. New research is mapping out the sounds we make, those that are rarely found in dictionaries. Extending from this work, we can …

Pelikan et al. ICRA 2022:

At the workshop Sound for Robots, held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022), Pelikan et al. presented  “Designing Minimal Sounds for Maximum Interaction.”  Authors: Hannah Pelikan, Jenny Fu, Yoyo Tsung-Yu Hou, Asher Lipman, and Malte Jung Abstract: While recent work has started to explore how to make robots …

Wiggins: Eating sounds: At the edges of language, food, and bodies

As part of the Bayreuth Food and Language lecture series, Wiggins gave a talk on "Eating sounds: At the edges of language, food, and bodies", October 29 2021. Abstract: The sounds we make while eating, or when approaching food as an edible substance, are a ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon. Considered as being at the …

DMCA2022: Pelikan: How an autonomous shuttle bus could sound in interaction

At the online Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th 2022, Pelikan presented on "How an autonomous shuttle bus could sound in interaction". Abstract: Sound, often in the form of honks, is an important interaction device for managing accountability on the road (Deppermann et al., 2018; Laurier et al., 2020). Autonomous shuttle buses are …

DMCA2022: Kerrison: Anticipatory responses by sports crowds

At the online Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th 2022, Kerrison presented on "Anticipatory responses by sports crowds" Abstract: Crowd noise in sport is typically associated with loud and dramatic responses to consequential in-game events: a goal in the final moments, an egregious foul by an opponent, the final whistle that confirms a …

DMCA2022: Löfgren: Depictions as interactionally achieved local performances at opera rehearsals

At the online Digital Meeting for Conversation Analysis, Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th 2022, Löfgren presented on "Depictions as interactionally achieved local performances at opera rehearsals". Abstract: During opera rehearsals, participants often position their bodies in different ways to visually demonstrate what they could do on stage to portray their characters. Similarly, they use their voices to …

IPrA2021: Löfgren: Non-lexical vocalizations as local words during instructive sequences in opera rehearsals

With the non-lexicals and multisensoriality panel, Löfgren presented "Non-lexical vocalizations as local words during instructive sequences in opera rehearsals" Abstract: This paper explores sequences where non-lexical vocalizations are recycled in instructive tellings during scenic opera rehearsals that target the combination of music and dramatic action. During the rehearsals depictive (Clark, 2016) non-lexical vocalizations are frequently …