Conversation analysis of cultural models

Question on the transcription symbol

I found a really good page for the transcription symbols we are using.

It has a better explanation of the = symbol. It says that the = symbol "'Equals’ signs mark the immediate ‘latching’ of successive talk, whether of one or more speakers, with no interval". I think that this means if I were to follow up what someone said with no pause then we would use the = to show that there was no pause.

Transcription Software

Here is the transcription software that Jason found.

http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/

Thanks Jason

Project 4 Advice

Here are some words of advice from professor Hutchins on the upcoming project:

It is NOT necessary to repeat project 3 to do project 4 or any of the following projects. I have found through experience that following through on project 3 is an easy way to get a good interview. However, sometimes that does not work out. I have also had great interviews done with people who had nothing to do with the student's proj 3. One student interviewed her grandmother about grandma's experiences during WWII. That turned out to be a great interview filled with interesting cultural models.

I hope this is helpful, if you are still confused doing the reading should help and we will also go over this project in discussion.

Advice on Photo Format

If you aren't going to add marking, highlighting and inscriptions to the photos then you could just staple them to the back. If you plan on adding any marks to the images (which I strongly suggest doing) add those as separate illustration. They can be a regular low resolution printouts in the document, then include the photos separately stapled to the back. The main point is that you make it easy for us to see the phenomenon that you are explaining, so reference the photos in the way that makes this process most efficient.

Try to turn in some that are good quality prints. They don't need to be from a photo studio or on high gloss paper, but make sure they show the subject in good detail.

Myers, “Molecular Embodiments”

the objects of molecular biology are becoming tangible and workable in new ways. With this shift from reading and writing one-dimensional genetic codes to modeling and interpreting the functions of three-dimensional and temporally dynamic protein molecules come new practical and conceptual hurdles for researchers and their students.
Moving Past Latour?
Emoboyment of knowledge
“Diane carries more than a ‘mental image’ of what a molecule should look like in her head: seeing, feeling, and moving with the chemical constraints of the molecule, she has embodied molecular forms”
Thick description (Geertz, 1973)
“requires attending to the corporeal and affective entanglements of researchers with available concepts and modeling media, and with the visualization machinery they entrain on living substances.”