The 1st Summer School of the ISGS
Handling Gesture:
Theory and Method in Gesture Studies
European University Viadrina Frankfurt an der Oder (near Berlin)
July 19-24, 2010
CALL IS CLOSED
DECISION EMAILS TO APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT
The International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) announces its first summer school: Handling gesture: Theory and Method in Gesture Studies, to be held July 19-24, 2010, in Frankfurt an der Oder (near Berlin), Germany.
This is the first summer school of the International Society for Gesture studies funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany). The summer school will provide a basic introduction to the study of hand gestures from a socio-cultural, interactional and psychological point of view. The school will comprise lectures, seminars, hands on data sessions, and technical presentations. All seminars will be taught in English by an international faculty featuring recognized academic experts in the fields. The students will have the opportunity to met and work with leading scholars in the field. The major goal is to provide a basic introduction to theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of gestures. The school will provide a platform for students and researchers embarking upon the study of gesture to discuss specific research questions and methodological concerns within their projects.
Participation is based on successful application. There are 30 stipends available covering travel and lodging costs. For information on how to apply see below.
TOPICS
Gesture
- and cognition
- in conversation
- and development in children
- and culture and language
- and second language acquisition
- and social interaction
TEACHING STAFF
The lecturers:
- Janet Bavelas (University of Victoria, Canada)
- Susan Goldin-Meadow (University of Chicago, USA)
- Marianne Gullberg (Lund University, Sweden)
- Judith Holler (University of Manchester, UK)
- Adam Kendon (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
- Sotaro Kita (University of Birmingham)
- Hedda Lausberg (Deutsche Sporthochschule Koeln, Germany)
- Dirk vom Lehn (King's College London, UK)
- Irene Mittelberg (RWTH Aachen)
- Lorenza Mondada (University of Lyon, France)
- Cornelia Mueller (Europa Universitaet Viadrina, Germany)
- Asli Oezyurek (Radboud University, Nijmegen & Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands)
- Mandana Seyfeddinipur (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands)
The tutors:
- Anna Kuhlen (Stony Brook University, USA)
- Vicky Markaki (University of Lyon, France)
- Sara Merlino (University of Lyon, France)
- Florence Oloff (University of Lyon, France)
- Samantha Rowbotham (University of Manchester, UK)
- Mark Tutton (University of Manchester, UK)
The technical advisors:
- Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands)
- Paul Trilsbek (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands)
FORMATS
The school will consist of
- Lectures (introductory lectures to the theoretical foundation of gesture in the fields of developmental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, conversation analysis, linguistic anthropology, ethology and multimodal communication)
- Seminars (methodological sessions about data collection, data coding and annotation, analysis)
- Data sessions (hands on data sessions, discussing formal and functional aspects as well as coding and annotations)
- Technical sessions (Camera use, Digitization, Annotation Tool ELAN)
STIPENDS
The school is open to students and researchers from any background, who are planning or have recently started a project dedicated to or including gesture as a major component. Participation is limited to successful applicants. There are 30 stipends available for the participation covering travel and lodging expenses. The submissions will be evaluated by the ISGS executive board acting as the scientific committee and selected trainees will be funded. If you would like to participate in the school please download the application package and send the filled forms electronically to:
summerschool@gesturestudies.com
Download: Application for stipend (doc)
Application deadline: March 25, 2010
Decision emails regarding the applications have been sent out. If you have not received an email please check you spam folder first, then contact us at summerschool@gesturestudies.com
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2010
VENUE
The school will take place at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, (Germany) right before the 4th ISGS Conference for Gesture Studies: Gesture, Evolution, Brain and Linguistic Structures (conference website)
Organizing Committee
- Mandana Seyfeddinipur
- Judith Holler
- Lorenza Mondada
Local organizing committee:Dorothea Boehme, Iris Franke, Cornelia Mueller
CONTACT
summerschool@gesturestudies.com
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