Cartwright-Clegg2017

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Cartwright-Clegg2017
BibType ARTICLE
Key Cartwright-Clegg2017
Author(s) Elizabeth Cartwright, Adam LaVar Clegg
Title Peaches for Lunch: Creating and Using Visual Variables
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Tag(s) EMCA, Embodiment, language socialization, multimodal communication, videotaped data
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Year 2017
Language English
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Journal Medical Anthropology
Volume 36
Number 6
Pages 519-532
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DOI 10.1080/01459740.2017.1321643
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Abstract

In this article, I describe the process of systematically including nonverbal data inmedical anthropology research. I demonstrate the process of visualizing and coding videotaped moments of life and show how we can analyze what is being done along with what is being said. I ground my discussion in toddler language socialization and then expand my observations to the realm of language pathologies. Aphasia from strokes, speech difficulties in neurologi- cally based illnesses like Lou Gehrig’s disease, and the variety of communica- tion challenges that face those on the autism spectrum can all be studied in interesting ways by including precise descriptions of nonverbal actions. I discuss the process of recording and coding the data with the software Observer XT 11.5 by Noldus. This method of collecting and analyzing video data can be used for many anthropological questions, in addition to those concerned with communication.

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