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- Title
Objects that matter: The hybrid and distributed agency in parent-assisted homework interactions.
- Authors
Caronia, Letizia; Colla, Vittoria
- Abstract
It has been two decades since the social-material turn in social interaction studies proved the heuristic limits of a logocentric analytical geography. In this paper, we focus on the performative function of objects in an underexplored learning activity: parent-assisted homework. Adopting a Conversation Analysis informed approach complemented by the ventriloquial perspective on communication, we illustrate how parent-assisted homework is accomplished through the multiple resources in the semiotic field. Particularly, we show how participants orient to and exploit the agency of materiality in interaction. In the conclusion we raise a socio-pedagogical issue concerning the cultural capital embedded in the learning environment as well as the parents' competence in recognizing and exploiting it in ways that are aligned with the school culture.
- Subjects
HOMEWORK; SOCIAL sciences education; SCHOOL environment; CULTURAL capital; CONVERSATION analysis
- Publication
Language & Dialogue, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
2210-4119
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/ld.00082.car