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Emily Hofstetter

Associate Professor, Docent

I study everyday human interactions. In my research, I investigate the smallest details of interactions, particularly with recordings of sport and play.

Human interaction and holistic language

I research social interaction – the processes and rules that organize how we humans live in a social world. We usually take ordinary conversations for granted, because they are ubiquitous and permeate everything we do. However, human interaction is a rich and fascinating system, and we are only beginning to understand it.

I currently work on two main projects: one on how voice the body are used together in interaction, and the other on how 'megagames' can be used to enable discussion and pedagogy around climate change.

My previous work has examined several institutional settings, such as neonatal clinics, visiting a local politician, and helping colleagues work in safer environments. I have worked to apply this research in communication training, using the CARM methodology for presenting and discussing interactional research results.

I have made videos about my primary methodology, conversation analysis, and how it works on Youtube.

Further information and full publications and filmclips: emilyhofstetter.ca

Research project

Switching the Current

Through so-called Megagames, the project "Switching the current" aims to increase knowledge about how current design and transformation of the energy system affects the surrounding society, environment and climate.
Three Female Dancers Dancing. Photo: Pixabay.com

Non-lexical Vocalizations

This project studies vocal practices for achieving embodied coordination in real time, with a focus on non-lexical vocalizations, such as ugh, aargh.

Non-lexical Vocalizations

Publications

2025

Leelo Keevallik, Emily Hofstetter, Agnes Lofgren, Sally Wiggins Young (2025) Response cries and syntax Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 240, p. 91-108 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Agnes Löfgren, Leelo Keevallik, Emily Hofstetter (2024) Are you serious? Workplace agenda and aesthetic negotiations with depictions at opera rehearsals Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 231, p. 82-98 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Emily Hofstetter, Saul Albert (2024) Working with data II: clips and collections The Cambridge handbook of methods in conversation analysis, p. 217-233 (Chapter in book)
Saul Albert, Emily Hofstetter (2024) Working with data I: field recordings The Cambridge handbook of methods in conversation analysis, p. 97-114 (Chapter in book)
Emily Hofstetter, Ola Leifler, Björn Johansson, Peter Berggren (2024) Facilitating systems thinking in serious game design by highlighting inter-player relationships ECCE '24: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2024, Article 23 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI

Coworkers

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Leelo Keevallik

Deputy Head of Department, Professor

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Hannah Pelikan

Postdoc

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Sally Wiggins Young

Professor

Organisation

Le mur des je t'aime. Place des Abbesses, Paris. By Britchi Mirela [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons.

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