The International Conference on Conversation Analysis 2023, in Brisbane Australia, has arrived! The non-lexicals team has quite a number of different contributions, summarized and linked here: Workshop: Keevallik on Affiliation. Panel: Hofstetter & Keevallik have organized a panel on Strain in interaction, thanks to the following wonderful contributors: Misao Okada - Japanese turn-initial particle, hai, …
Keevallik & Wiggins ICCA23: Sounds of disgust
As part of the panel on Exploring food practices: Body, materiality, and sociality, Keevallik & Wiggins will present -- Sounds of disgust: Young children’s non-lexical orientations to food during shared mealtimes. International Conference on Conversation Analysis, 2023. Brisbane, Australia. Abstract: Sharing a meal involves eating the same foods not only in a material sense but also …
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Pelikan 2023: Robot sound in interaction
Pelikan, H.R.M. (2023). Robot Sound-In-Interaction. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’23 Companion), March 13–16, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3579975 Abstract: Sound is an important interaction modality in human interaction, which robot design is only starting to tap into. Drawing on insights about how human sounds support …
Pelikan & Jung 2023: Designing robot sound
Pelikan, H.R.M. & Jung, M.F. (2023). Designing Robot Sound-In- Interaction: The Case of Autonomous Public Transport Shuttle Buses. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’23), March 13–16, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden. ACM, New York, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568162.3576979. [Best paper nominee - Designs] Abstract: Horns and sirens are important tools for communicating on the road, which …
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Pelikan Dissertation: Robot sound in interaction
On June 8th, 2023, Hannah Pelikan defended her PhD dissertation successfully, entitled "Robot sound in interaction: Analyzing and designing sound for human-robot coordination". Her opponent was Christian Licoppe, with committee Joonas Ivarsson, Wendy Ju, and Akiko Yamazaki. Abstract: Robots naturally emit sound, but we still know little about how sound can serve as an interface …
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Wiggins & Keevallik 2023 Disgust in the face and body
Wiggins, S., & Keevallik, L. (2023). Transformations of Disgust in Interaction: The Intertwinement of Face, Sound and the Body. Social Interaction. Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 6(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v6i2.134841 Expressions of disgust have typically been studied as isolated faces or voices but rarely as embodied practices in everyday interaction. Building on multimodal interactional research …
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Pelikan’s 90% seminar w. guests Stuart Reeves, Brian Due
Hannah Pelikan, one of our wonderful PhD students in the non-lexical vocalizations team looking at human-robot interaction, recently had their penultimate thesis seminar, a practice defense, examined by Stuart Reeves, Brian Due, and Roberto Bresin. We were delighted to also host several talks and data sessions with our guests, including a higher seminar (on the …
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Löfgren 90% seminar w. guests Melisa Stevanovic, Oliver Ehmer, Stefan Norrthon
Agnes Löfgren, one of our excellent PhD students in the non-lexical vocalizations team studying opera rehearsals and the development of proposals and art in interaction, recently had their penultimate thesis seminar, a practice defense, examined by Melisa Stevanovic, Oliver Ehmer, and Stefan Norrthon. We were delighted to also host several talks and data sessions with …
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Hofstetter & Keevallik 2023: Prosody is used for real-time exercising of other bodies
Hofstetter & Keevallik have recently published "Prosody is used for real-time exercising of other bodies" in a special issue on Sounding for Others. Abstract: While the lexico-grammatical and embodied practices in various instructional activities have been explored in-depth (Keevallik, 2013; Simone & Galatolo, 2020), the vocal capacities deployed by instructors have not been in focus. …
Wiggins: Beyond the battles of the dinner table
Wiggins has published an article in The Psychologist magazine covering her research into family mealtimes and children's eating habits. In particular, she covers ways in which children's food preferences can become a source of tension when certain sequences of talk are initiated. It's open access - take a look!
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