Inscribed objects in professional practices

An introduction

Authors

  • Dennis Day University of Southern Denmark
  • Kristian Mortensen University of Southern Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.40427

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Editorial

Author Biographies

  • Dennis Day, University of Southern Denmark

    Dennis Day is an Associate Professor at the Department of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark. Under the auspices of the SOIL project (http://social-objects.org) he has for the last three years worked on the role of objects in social interaction within a wide range of socio-material environments, from forklifts in warehouses to residences for refugees. Other research interests include demonstrations and claims of competence, human–robotic interaction and membership categorization and identity.

  • Kristian Mortensen, University of Southern Denmark

    Kristian Mortensen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark. His research deals with practices for sense-making in social interaction, with a focus on how social interaction is constructed through various resources such as talk, gaze, gesture, body posture and material objects. His research focuses mainly on language classroom interaction and user-based design. His work has appeared in journals such as Research on Language and Social Interaction, Discourse Processes and Journal of Pragmatics. He is co-editor of the journal Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality.

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Published

2020-11-26

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2017): Special Issue: Inscribed objects in professional practices

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Editorial

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How to Cite

Day, D., & Mortensen, K. (2020). Inscribed objects in professional practices: An introduction. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 14(2), 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.40427