CLIC SYMPOSIUM

The Language, Interaction and Culture of Institutions
Organizers: John Heritage and Alessandro Duranti
February 24, 2006  - California Room, Faculty Center, UCLA 

Schedule:
8:30am     Registration
9:00     Introduction to the Symposium themes: John Heritage (UCLA)
9:30   Steven Clayman (UCLA): Questioning Presidents.
10:05-10:15nbsp;  Discussion
10:15-10:30   Coffee/Tea Break
10:30-11:05     Christian Heath (King's College London): Creating competition: the interactional accomplishment of value at auctions of fine art and antiques.
11:05-11:15nbsp;  Discussion
11:15-11:50     Karin Aronsson (University of Linköping): Constructing the social metrics of violence. Young men and staff talking about benettes during treatment talk at a detention home.
11:50-12pm     Discussion
12:00-1:30   LUNCH BREAK
1:30-2:05   Aaron Cicourel (UCSD): Bureaucratic rituals in health delivery
2:05-2:15   Discussion
2:15-2:50   Kris Gutierrez (UCLA): Language and Embodied Practices in the Zone of Proximal Development.
3:00-3:15   Coffee/Tea Break
3:15-4:00nbsp;    Charles Goodwin (UCLA): The Public, Interactive Organization of Seeing, Embodied Action and Experience in Archaeology.
4:00-4:35     Paul Drew (University of York): "I was wondering if...: Comparing requests made in conversation with those in institutional talk
4:35-4:45     Discussion
4:45-5:15     Concluding Remarks: Alessandro Duranti (UCLA)
5:15     General Discussion
6:00     Food and drinks for all registered participants.