Welcome to the Autumn Edition of the ISCA Newsletter! As the vibrant energy of international conferences begins to settle, we’re excited to present a compendium of insightful and enjoyable pieces in this edition. Highlights include Agnes Löfgren’s captivating exploration of opera rehearsals, Søren Sandager Sørensen’s engaging narrative of a summer packed with conferences, and Yuval Geva’s accurate report on the “Embodied Syntax Network Conference”. Additionally, we’re pleased to share updates about the Schegloff Course Data, the Encyclopedia of Terminology, and a new CA conference at York.
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A PhD Journey
Agnes Löfgren’s six-year PhD journey at Linköping University, Sweden, has been a captivating odyssey into the world of opera rehearsals and multimodal interaction analysis. In this engaging piece, Agnes shares her reflections, summarizes her groundbreaking thesis, and invites you to join her on a unique exploration of a previously uncharted domain: the fascinating realm of “performance bodies” in opera rehearsals. Read more…
Conference World Tour
Søren Sandager Sørensen traversed a conference-packed summer in 2023, attending ICCA 2023 in Brisbane, IPrA in Brussels, and ICLC in Mannheim. His experiences ranged from adjusting to Australian weather, attending engaging workshops, and exploring diverse sessions. Each conference offered unique perspectives, from conversation analysis to broader linguistic aspects, stimulating enriching discussions and insightful presentations. Søren highlighted the rigorous travel demands and varying conference experiences, emphasizing the invaluable insights and intellectual growth gained from attending multiple events in a short period. Read more…
Embodied Syntax Network Conference
Yuval Geva authored a comprehensive report on the “Embodied Syntax Network Conference” held at Linköping University in September 2023. The conference united researchers exploring the interconnection between language and the body, shedding light on how bodily actions intertwine with linguistic practices, offering a fresh perspective on syntax as an embodied phenomenon. Plenaries highlighted the systematic use of bodily cues in multi-unit turns and introduced innovative approaches to integrating the body into grammar descriptions. The event sparked discussions on the nature of syntax and the role of the body in language, emphasizing the practical implications of the “embodied turn” in linguistic research. Read more…
Announcements
Full Schegloff Course Data now available
At the business meeting of ICCA 2014 at UCLA, John Heritage announced that Emanuel Schegloff had kindly donated video recordings, assignments, transcripts, and data from his Conversational Structures I and II courses to ISCA for publication, at which point Schegloff turned and grinned at the cheering crowd to warn us: “Yo:::u’ll be S↑OrE:::e,”.
The ISCA Publications Committee Data Team is very pleased to announce that we have finally finished pseudonymizing and redacting the data to make them available, along with the Schegloff Course videos, for all ISCA members to download. You can use them for teaching, research, and even in publications.
This is a fantastic resource for all EMCA scholars, as it gives us access to the data that we have seen so many times in Schegloff’s work and will make it far easier to follow along with the analyses while watching the Schegloff Course videos.
You can find the Schegloff Course Data in the ‘members only’ section of the ISCA website, and remember, for those needing access to these data but without the funds to join ISCA at the moment, we have many discounts and can even offer free special memberships for those in need.
Encyclopedia of Terminology for CA/IL now published
We’re pleased to announce the official publication of the Encyclopedia of Terminology for Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics (eds. Alexandra Gubina, Elliott M. Hoey, and Chase Wesley Raymond), an ISCA-supported online resource for students and scholars of CA/IL, publicly available on the EMCA Wiki page. https://emcawiki.net/Encyclopedia_of_Terminology_for_CA_and_IL
Encyclopedias and glossaries are widespread across various fields and methods, and serve as immensely valuable resources. Given the extent to which the EMCA/IL community has expanded over the years—both terminologically as well as geographically—we hope this resource will be useful for both novices (especially for those who do not have systematic CA/IL training) and advanced practitioners alike.
The Encyclopedia currently has nearly 100 peer-reviewed entries authored by dozens of authors, including many authorities on the topics they describe. The editors continue to solicit contributions from more CA/IL scholars, both established and upcoming, and so it will continue to grow over the years into a (we hope) comprehensive resource.
York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA)
The first York Conference on Conversation Analysis (YorCCA) will take place on the 12 July 2024 at the University of York.
YorCCA is organised by and for postgraduate researchers to provide a welcoming environment for PGRs to present CA research. Deadline for abstracts is 5 April 2024. More information, including guidance on abstract submission can be found on the YorCCA website.
Current active calls for papers, data sessions, and PhD position
- The International Conference on Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy will be held 13-15 March 2024 in Mannheim, Germany. ICCAP24 will zoom in on how therapeutic change manifests itself in therapeutic interaction and how the interactional work by both therapists and patients makes change possible. The conference invites contributions dealing with different aspects of therapeutic change from a conversation analytic perspective. Deadline for submissions is 24 November 2023.
- The International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis will be held 24-28 June 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. Deadline for individual paper submissions is 30 November 2023.
- The International Meeting on Conversation Analysis and Clinical Encounters will be held 1-3 July 2024 at the University of Oxford in the UK. At the CA&CE meetings, attendees share current research findings and debate methodological issues in the application of conversation analytic methods to communication in health care settings. CA&CE is an inclusive event where active participation, sharing, collaborations and cross-disciplinary discussions are fostered and encouraged. Deadline for paper and data session submissions is 19 January 2024.
- King’s Business School are keen to recruit students to start on fully-funded, full-time PhD studentships in the academic year 2024/25. Candidates should be interested in undertaking video-based studies of work or any organisational setting and have a strong background in a social science or related field. Familiarity with Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis is desirable. Admissions are open until December 15th. If you’re interested (or for any inquiries), please contact one of us as soon as possible to prepare a strong application: Dirk vom Lehn, Paul Luff, Jon Hindmarsh or Sylvaine Tuncer.
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