Epistemics—people’s orientations to the rights and responsibilities associated with knowledge and experience—has been shown to bear wide-ranging significance for the organization of interaction. This workshop combines short introductory lectures with hands-on data analysis exercises to explore the various roles that epistemics plays in interaction. Data in Japanese and English will be provided.

Topics will include:

i) the conversation analytic take on knowledge and experience;

ii) aspects of turn design best analyzed with reference to epistemics;

iii) the role of epistemics in turn-taking; and

iv) epistemics and social relationships across different contexts.

The workshop will also address some methodological considerations—the “do’s and don’ts”—for analyzing segments of interaction with an interest in epistemics.

Facilitated by: Kaoru Hayano