The Academic Presentation: Situated Talk in Action: Situated Talk in Action (Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis) (Directions in Ethnomethodology ... Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis)

Is giving a presentation an easy task? In this book, the author unpacks this seemingly simple task to show the complexity that underlies it. Examining the academic presentation as a case in point, the author details when things go according to plan from the perspective of the listening audience and shows how seminar presenters interact with the audience and objects around them to produce a coherent whole that is the academic presentation. Through detailed examination of talk-in-interaction the book throws light on one instance of talk as situated practice, demonstrating the ordinariness of the academic presentation; and its intricate complexity of moment-by-moment talk. While audience members recognise that a seminar is underway, this book shows how this recognition comes about. Starting with a discussion of talk-in-interaction and conversation analysis, and the academic presentation as an instance of institutional talk, it assesses interaction within monologic talk, from both a non-CA perspective, and CA perspective. The analysis demonstrates the orderliness of the academic presentation and how to describe such order as an instance of situated talk. The book is of interest to academics interested in the analysis of talk and interaction, situated talk, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. How is the task of giving a presentation accomplished? In this insightful book Johanna Rendle-Short unpacks this seemingly simple task to show the complexity that underlies it. Examining the academic presentation as a case in point, she details how seminar presenters interact with the audience and objects around them to produce a coherent whole. Through detailed examination of talk-in-interaction the book throws light on one instance of talk as situated practice, demonstrating both the ordinariness of the academic presentation, and its intricate complexity. While audience members recognize that a seminar is underway, this book shows how this recognition comes about. The Academic Presentation will greatly interest scholars of talk and interaction analysis, situated talk, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Front Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Contents 4 List of Figures 6 Series Editors' Preface 8 Acknowledgements 10 Transcription Conventions 11 1 Introduction 13 2 Transcribing Video Data 33 3 The Presentation as Monologue 43 4 Doing the Academic Presentation 52 5 Showing Structure within the Academic Presentation 89 6 Doing Deixis 117 7 Interacting with Objects 141 8 Conclusion 157 References 169 Index 180 Back Cover 183 List of Figures vii Series Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Transcription Conventions xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Transcribing Video Data 21 3 The Presentation as Monologue 31 4 Doing the Academic Presentation 41 5 Showing Structure within the Academic Presentation 79 6 Doing Deixis 107 7 Interacting with Objects 131 8 Conclusion 147 Conclusion 158 References 159 Index 171 The aim of this book is to examine the academic seminar presentation from the perspective of the listening audience. The analysis unpacks the detail of what it is the speakers actually do when talking to an audience