Greiffenhagen2009d

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Greiffenhagen2009d
BibType ARTICLE
Key Greiffenhagen2009d
Author(s) Christian Greiffenhagen, Rod Watson
Title Visual repairables: analysing the work of repair in human-computer interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, collaboration, human-computer interaction, repair, visual analysis
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Year 2009
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Journal Visual Communication
Volume 8
Number 1
Pages 65–90
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DOI 10.1177/1470357208099148
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Abstract

This article reports some (video-recorded) instances of 'visual culture' in action, namely the use of a new software tool designed for the visualization of scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth in a classroom context. By considering whether or how far conversation analysis (CA) can be extended from natural conversation to cases of collaborative work in front of a computer, the article addresses the methodological question of how to study instances of visual communication. We take as an exemplar the phenomenon of remedial action and discuss how Schegloff, Jefferson and Sacks's (1977) canonical study of repair in ordinary conversation can be used to highlight aspects of 'visual repair' (the identification and remedying of items on the screen). Our attempts to apply the original CA model of repair of ordinary conversation highlight the differences of this setting, which constitutes an example of collaborative work.

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