Your CIOS file request: ETHNO/07210125.514 hotline item

-
Received:  by CIOS Mailer; Wednesday 21 Jul 2010 12:55:14
Date:          Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:44 -0400
To:            "Multiple recipients of ETHNO" 
From:          "Prof. Dr. Thomas Spranz-Fogasy" 
Subject:       [CIOS/ethno] IPrA-Panel "Interaction types across helping professions"
MIME-Version:  1.0
Content-type:    multipart/alternative;   	boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004E_01CB28DA.B9B8AAE0"   

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CB28DA.B9B8AAE0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear list members,

=20

This is a call for abstracts for a panel on "Interaction types across
helping professions" which will be organized during the 12th =
International
Pragmatics conference in Manchester (July, 3rd =96 8th, 2011) by =
Eva-Maria
Graf (Klagenfurt), Marlene Sator (Vienna) and Thomas Spranz-Fogasy
(Mannheim):

=20

=20

Interaction types across helping professions =96 Differences, =
similarities and
interferences of communicative tasks  =20

=20

This panel offers up-to-date research on communicative practices within =
and
across traditional and less traditional helping professions: Whereas =
medical
and psychotherapeutic communication are by now well-established objects =
of
research in discourse analysis and applied linguistics, so-called
developmental formats like executive coaching or life coaching have only
lately attracted linguistic attention. Yet, research on both traditional =
and
less traditional formats revolves around similar questions such as their
endemic communicative core of practices. Furthermore, a closer look at
professional practice offers a highly differentiated picture of these
helping professional formats with numerous sub-types, transitions and =
hybrid
formats.

Although a systematic comparison of prototypical formats as a whole is =
not
purposeful given their interactional diversity, it does seem beneficial =
to
give an overview of interaction types across helping professions with =
regard
to differences and similarities of specific communicative tasks.

=20

In particular, there is a need for process-oriented analysis and
clarification with respect to=20

=20

=A7  the differing communicative tasks identified in the sub-types of =
these
formats: within doctor-patient communication for example, the sub-type
=91anamnestic interview=92 differs substantially from =91diagnostic =
clarification=92
or  =91palliative interview=92. Within the format of coaching, the =
sub-type of
process-oriented executive coaching differs decisively from
solution-oriented executive coaching.=20

=A7  the similar communicative tasks identified across helping =
professional
formats and the resulting hybrid formats: doctor-patient communication =
may
contain coaching-sequences when patients=91 life-style is discussed, a =
service
that has recently been established as a proper format under the name of
=93medical coaching=94, while at the same time there is =93health =
coaching=94 as a
new buzz word on the coaching market;  in executive coaching, =
managers=92
professional and entrepreneurial concerns are dealt with holistically =
via
psychotherapeutic interventions, while more and more psychotherapists =
offer
(executive) coaching services.=20

=A7  interferences resulting from differences and similarities of
communicative tasks across the various formats and their sub-types.
Interactants=92 differing expectations with regard to the specific =
interaction
type and the communicative practices as well as the resulting asymmetry =
on
the cognitive, emotional and interactive level often lead to
misunderstanding and subtle friction: for example, patients in =
pre-operative
anesthetic interviews expect mainly information on risks and possible
negative consequences, while doctors look out for information on
premedication and try to achieve a legally binding informed consent.=20

We invite papers that focus on 1) interaction-type and process-oriented
basic research that describes communicative tasks in interaction types
across helping professions and thus lays the foundation for a
pragma-linguistic interaction typology that considers both prototypical
formats and hybrid formats, 2) applied analysis of communicative
consequences and possible challenges that result from differing =
expectations
with regard to communicative tasks in interaction types across helping
professions and 3) practical applications of linguistic findings with
respect to communicative tasks in interaction types across helping
professions in discourse-analytically based training modules for =
(future)
professionals.=20

=20

=20

Best regards,

Thomas Spranz-Fogasy

=20

______________________________________________

=20

Prof. Dr. Thomas Spranz-Fogasy

Institut f=FCr Deutsche Sprache

PF 10 16 21 Mannheim

D-68016 Mannheim

Tel.: +49(0)621-1581-310

Fax: +49(0)621-1581-200

Besucheradresse: R5, 6-13

=20

http://www.ids-mannheim.de/prag/personal/spranz.html

______________________________________________=20

=20


------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CB28DA.B9B8AAE0
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable














Dear list =
members,

 

This is a call for abstracts =
for a
panel on "Interaction types across helping professions" which =
will be
organized during the 12th International Pragmatics conference =
in
Manchester (July, 3rd – 8th, 2011) by =
Eva-Maria
Graf (Klagenfurt), Marlene Sator (Vienna) and Thomas Spranz-Fogasy =
(Mannheim):

 

 

Interaction
types across helping professions – Differences, similarities and
interferences of communicative tasks   

 

This panel =
offers
up-to-date research on communicative practices within and across =
traditional
and less traditional helping professions: Whereas medical and =
psychotherapeutic
communication are by now well-established objects of research in =
discourse
analysis and applied linguistics, so-called developmental formats like
executive coaching or life coaching have only lately attracted =
linguistic
attention. Yet, research on both traditional and less traditional =
formats
revolves around similar questions such as their endemic communicative =
core of
practices. Furthermore, a closer look at professional practice offers a =
highly
differentiated picture of these helping professional formats with =
numerous sub-types,
transitions and hybrid formats.

Although a systematic comparison =
of
prototypical formats as a whole is not purposeful given their
interactional diversity, it does seem beneficial to give an overview of =
interaction
types across helping professions with regard to differences and =
similarities of
specific communicative tasks.

 

In particular, there is a need =
for
process-oriented analysis and clarification with respect to =


 

=A7  =
the differing communicative tasks identified in the =
sub-types
of these formats: within doctor-patient communication for example, the =
sub-type
‘anamnestic interview’ differs substantially from =
‘diagnostic
clarification’ or  ‘palliative interview’. Within =
the
format of coaching, the sub-type of process-oriented executive coaching =
differs
decisively from solution-oriented executive coaching. =


=A7  =
the similar communicative tasks identified =
across
helping professional formats and the resulting hybrid =
formats:
doctor-patient communication may contain coaching-sequences when
patients‘ life-style is discussed, a service that has recently =
been
established as a proper format under the name of “medical
coaching”, while at the same time there is “health =
coaching”
as a new buzz word on the coaching market;  in executive coaching,
managers’ professional and entrepreneurial concerns are dealt with
holistically via psychotherapeutic interventions, while more and more
psychotherapists offer (executive) coaching services. =


=A7  =
interferences resulting from differences and similarities =
of
communicative tasks across the various formats and their =
sub-types. Interactants’ differing expectations with regard to =
the
specific interaction type and the communicative practices as well as the
resulting asymmetry on the cognitive, emotional and interactive level =
often
lead to misunderstanding and subtle friction: for example, patients in
pre-operative anesthetic interviews expect mainly information on risks =
and
possible negative consequences, while doctors look out for information =
on
premedication and try to achieve a legally binding informed consent. =


We invite papers that focus on =
1) interaction-type
and process-oriented basic research that describes communicative =
tasks
in interaction types across helping professions and thus lays the
foundation for a pragma-linguistic interaction typology that considers =
both
prototypical formats and hybrid formats, 2) applied analysis of
communicative consequences and possible challenges that result from =
differing
expectations with regard to communicative tasks in interaction types =
across
helping professions and 3) practical applications of linguistic =
findings
with respect to communicative tasks in interaction types across helping
professions in discourse-analytically based training modules for =
(future)
professionals. 

 

 

Best =
regards,

Thomas =
Spranz-Fogasy

 

______________________________________________

 

Prof. Dr. Thomas Spranz-Fogasy

Institut f=FCr Deutsche Sprache

PF 10 16 21 Mannheim

D-68016 Mannheim

Tel.: +49(0)621-1581-310

Fax: +49(0)621-1581-200

Besucheradresse: R5, 6-13

 

http://www.=
ids-mannheim.de/prag/personal/spranz.html

______________________________________________ =


 







------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CB28DA.B9B8AAE0--

----------------
For information about participating in this conference, send
SHOW HOTLINES by itself in the body of email addressed to: 
Comserve at CIOS.ORG