Embodying Action: Gaze, Mutual Gaze and the Revelation of Signs and Symptoms during the Medical Consultation
Embodying Action: Gaze, Mutual Gaze and the Revelation of Signs and Symptoms during the Medical Consultation

Summary/Abstract: I was introduced to the work of Charles Goodwin by Gail Jeff erson in 1975. With Max Atkinson, I was exploring ways in which we could use video-recordings to address the interactional organisation of talk and bodily conduct, in particular, in institutional settings (Atkinson, Drew 1979; Heath 1978). Jefferson was a remarkable inspiration: she had worked with video, had a substantial collection of frame line drawings, and had thought extensively about the analysis and transcription of visible conduct. Jeff erson passed on a draft manuscript of a paper, I assume an early version of a piece drawn from the dissertation (Goodwin 1977), later published in the collection edited by George Psathas (Goodwin 1979). It proved invaluable.

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