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The development of an idea in a context of rejection

  • Brian Due

    Brian Due (b. 1980) is a researcher at the University of Copenhagen 〈bdue@hum.ku.dk〉. His research interests include interaction, multimodality, semiotics, and conversation analysis. His publications include “Rhizom møde modellen” (2010); “Kroppen som ressource for idéudvikling” (2011); and “Interactional functions of invoking procedure in institutional settings” (with M. F. Nielson et al., 2012).

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Published/Copyright: October 1, 2014

Abstract

On the basis of a single case analysis of a meeting in a Danish company, the article shows how participants cooperate and draw on different semiotic resources in their co-construction of a new idea. Thus, the article provides detailed descriptions of the first phase of an innovation process. The analysis is conducted on the basis of a video-ethnographic method and tools from multimodal studies and conversion analysis. The article shows how a new idea is constructed in a context of rejection by participants' affiliated response and distribution of cognition.

About the author

Brian Due

Brian Due (b. 1980) is a researcher at the University of Copenhagen 〈bdue@hum.ku.dk〉. His research interests include interaction, multimodality, semiotics, and conversation analysis. His publications include “Rhizom møde modellen” (2010); “Kroppen som ressource for idéudvikling” (2011); and “Interactional functions of invoking procedure in institutional settings” (with M. F. Nielson et al., 2012).

Published Online: 2014-10-1
Published in Print: 2014-10-1

©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Munich/Boston

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