LINGUIST List 22.2959 Tue Jul 19 2011 FYI: Call: Multimodality and Embodied Interaction Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Elisabeth Reber , Call: Multimodality and Embodied Interaction Message 1: Call: Multimodality and Embodied Interaction Date: 19-Jul-2011 From: Elisabeth Reber <elisabeth.reberuni-wuerzburg.de> Subject: Call: Multimodality and Embodied Interaction E-mail this message to a friend Call for Contributions Proposal for a scientific network on Multimodality and embodied interaction to be submitted to the German Research Foundation (DFG) Organisers: Cornelia Gerhardt, Saarland University, Germany Elisabeth Reber, University of Wuerzburg, Germany We are submitting a proposal to the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a scientific network on ''Multimodality and embodied interaction''. The scientific network is intended to give young researchers (but also more experienced ones) the opportunity to meet and work together on projects concerned with multimodality and embodied interaction within individual workshops organised by the network organisers. Network members will receive grants to cover travel expenses to these workshops, which will be held during a period of up to three years, starting from autumn 2012. Goals of the network: Fuelled by the advent of the video-camera in research, issues of multimodality and embodied interaction have found a lot of recent attention in research informed by Conversation Analysis/Interactional Sociolinguistics/Interactional Linguistics. At the most general level, the goal of the proposed network is to explore the role of multimodal issues in a range of contexts involving social interaction. Analytic interests include interaction, taking account of a) all dimensions of visible bodily behaviour (i.e. gaze, facial expression, gesture, bodily posture and proxemics) and vocal resources (i.e. linguistic, paralinguistic), and b) different linguistic and cultural communities (e.g. Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, and Wolof). Projects assembled in the network aim to analyse how interactants use linguistic resources situated in a larger semiotic context, i.e. in interdependence with visual signals, such as e.g. gaze, gestures, or body posture, but also with pictures, sounds etc. in their meaning making. Developing further methodology and working towards a theory of multimodal interaction, the network combines interdisciplinary, cross-linguistic and -cultural, and interactional aspects in its research. In doing so, the network has the following specific goals: 1. To work towards a common terminology/taxonomy for the study of multimodality and embodied interaction 2. To develop methodological tools for the comprehensive, simultaneous investigation of all modes involved 3. To take a comparative perspective on various levels, i.e. language, culture, type of interaction (everyday/institutional, ontogenesis, social variables) 4. To take an interdisciplinary approach bringing different traditions to multimodal interaction together The network's main output will consist in the research by its individual members, together with specific collaborative efforts, such as the publication of an edited volume and a special issue of an international journal. In addition, the following joint products of the network are envisaged: - a website to facilitate contact and the exchange of documents among network members in between network meetings and to document the results of the discussions within the network (including the work meetings) for the wider academic community - a collection of different data sets (e.g. video recordings) to be shared between the network members To apply for the participation in our network, we welcome proposals connected to the research interests of the network and with a methodological background in Conversation Analysis/Interactional Sociolinguistics/Interactional Linguistics and related approaches. Please note that the maximum number of participants in the network is limited to 15 of which 4 will be assigned through this call for contributions. Because of the DFG regulations, a maximum of 2 out of the 4 places can be assigned to scholars not resident in Germany. We especially welcome applications from scholars working with non-German data. Please include an abstract of your intended project and a short CV in your application. Abstract Submission: The abstract should be no longer than 400-500 words in English and contain the following information: - title of the proposed project, - your name, - your affiliation, - contact email address, - the main point or argument of the project, - a brief discussion of the problem or research question with respect to previous research and the work's relevance to the aims of the network, - information on the theoretical background, - information on the methodology, - a description of the data on which the research is based, - conclusions and/or first results of the research. Submission deadline: 3 August 2011. Notification of acceptance by the network organizers: 24 August, 2011 Submission of network proposal to the German Research Foundation: 5 October 2011 Notification of acceptance by the German Research Foundation: 6-9 months later Contact: Cornelia Gerhardt c.gerhardtmx.uni-saarland.de Elisabeth Reber elisabeth.reberuni-wuerzburg.de Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-Jul-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.