Description
By adopting the methods of Conversation Analysis and Discursive Psychology, the team investigates communication and cognition within social interaction in institutional and ordinary settings, and specifically health care, juridical encounters, Paralympic sport activities and family interaction.
Current research concerns the following topics:
- practices of expressing and describing pain in medical examination;
- design and sequential organization of instructions in the context of visually impaired rock climbing sessions;
- touching practices and haptics in interactions involving participants with physical and sensory impairments;
- practices for socializing children with moral and cultural values in family encounters.
The team adopts a qualitative research approach which entails ethnographic fieldwork and the recording of naturally occurring social interactions.
Besides conducting research and teaching activities, the team is involved in the publication of research outputs on Italian as well as international journals and in establishing and improving scientific cooperation with a view to future training courses, scientific conferences and research programs, both at local and at international level.