Workshop on studying children's interactions

[Carly Butler]

Dear colleagues,

Loughborough University are running a workshop on studying children's
interactions as part of a new suite of short courses on using conversation
analysis. The children's interactions workshop will be of interest to those
who would like to learn more about this method of working with audio- and
video-recordings of children's interactions. No prior experience is
necessary. Conversation analysis involves detailed qualitative analysis of
talk and embodied interaction, with a focus on when particular turns of
talk are delivered in the context of the broader interaction and the
immediately preceding turn, how these turns are constructed and designed,
and what social actions the turns accomplish (and/or are treated as doing).
It can be used to look at both verbal and pre-verbal interactions.

Information about the workshop is below, and more information about the
suite of courses and registration etc. is available at [
http://homepages.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/CAWorkshops/LboroCAWorkshops.html<https://email.lboro.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=cAxYoGTqfk-rI8Zl2UHnwB1EI9WYx9AI7IzlZYktswTME33eUXgJL5_V-7hyxsxGvulZjuytmCI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fhomepages.lboro.ac.uk%2f%7essca1%2fCAWorkshops%2fLboroCAWorkshops.html>
]

*Studying Children’s Interactions*

Carly Butler

15th-16th March 2014

Burleigh Court, Loughborough University, UK



This short introductory course is intended for those interested in studying
children’s everyday interactions using conversation analysis. It is
designed to be accessible to those with little or no experience of
conversation analysis, while the analytic sessions and discussions of core
themes and practices in researching children’s interactions will also be of
interest to more experienced researchers. The course is offered as part of
Loughborough University’s new suite of CA Training Workshops and Short
Courses [
http://homepages.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/CAWorkshops/LboroCAWorkshops.html<https://email.lboro.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=cAxYoGTqfk-rI8Zl2UHnwB1EI9WYx9AI7IzlZYktswTME33eUXgJL5_V-7hyxsxGvulZjuytmCI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fhomepages.lboro.ac.uk%2f%7essca1%2fCAWorkshops%2fLboroCAWorkshops.html>
]



The course will benefit those looking for a new way of studying children’s
interactions, and those wanting to develop their own research, identify new
research directions and hone their analytical skills. It begins with an
introduction to the use of Conversation Analysis as a method for studying
children’s interactions, and discussion of the ethical and practical issues
around collecting, transcribing and analyzing recordings of children’s
interactions in both domestic and institutional settings. Through hands-on,
practical exercises and discussions, we will explore key analytic themes in
the study of children’s interactions, and methods for working with your own
collections. The workshops will help develop your methodological
understanding and analytic skills, with the hope of inspiring you in your
own research. I also hope to foster and strengthen the network of
researchers studying children’s interactions.



The course will be a mix of mini-lectures, discussions, and practical
activities and exercises, including hands-on work with data. You do not
need to provide your own data, but if you do have some you would like to
bring please contact me in advance.



The course will be run by *Carly Butler *from Loughborough University who
has many years of experience researching children’s interactions across
multiple settings – including in the school playground, in the family home
and at the dinner table, playing with siblings, at birthday parties, in
classrooms, on helplines, and in institutional settings.



*Start & Finish*

The workshop will start at 10.00 on the 15th March and finish at 15.00 on

the 16th March.



*Limit*

In order to allow as much opportunity as possible for participation,
numbers will be limited to 15 participants. Applications will be accepted
in order of receipt – there is no selection process.



*Registration*

The cost of the workshop is £250, or £175 for self-funding postgraduate
students (including those postgraduate students who cannot recover this
cost from their department or funding agency). This includes daily
midmorning and afternoon refreshments, lunches and one evening dinner, but
does not include accommodation. Accommodation can be booked, if required,
when registering for the workshop, or independently at the University’s
Lodge, or one of the cheap hotels in the town (e.g. Link, Premier Inn,
Travelodge).



More information, and links to booking information can be found at the
following:

http://homepages.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/CAWorkshops/LboroCAWorkshops.html<https://email.lboro.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=cAxYoGTqfk-rI8Zl2UHnwB1EI9WYx9AI7IzlZYktswTME33eUXgJL5_V-7hyxsxGvulZjuytmCI.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fhomepages.lboro.ac.uk%2f%7essca1%2fCAWorkshops%2fLboroCAWorkshops.html>



If you have any queries about the course, please contact Carly on
c.w.butler at lboro.ac.uk or carlywbutler at gmail.com

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