Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Order and the Construction of Meaning in Social Interaction: Troubled Communication Between Sighted and Partially Sighted/Blind People

本论文研究盲人和部分盲人无法对可见的、非发声的手势做出反应是如何导致互动接触中断的。在视力障碍和视障/盲人之间的日常社交互动中，会出现一系列始终如一的问题。会话分析将探索互动修复(例如循环话轮)如何在存在这些问题的情况下保持意义的实现。这项研究不仅将分析这些特定的互动是如何协商的，还将展示被视为理所当然的可见手势在视力正常的人之间的人际交流中的作用。参与者观察和对部分视力/盲人的采访将发展对相互作用问题的广泛描述。视频互动将被用来更详细地分析中断和修复的对话过程。

This dissertation investigates how blind and partially sighted peoples' inability to respond to visible, non-vocal gestures leads to disruptions in interactional encounters. A consistent set of problems occur during everyday social interaction between sighted and visually impaired/blind people. Conversational analysis will explore how interactional repairs (e.g., recycled turns) maintain the achievement of meaning in spite of these problems. The research will not only analyze how these particular interactions are negotiated, but will demonstrate the role of taken-for-granted visible gestures in interpersonal communication among sighted people. Participant observation and interviews with partially sighted/blind people will develop a broad description of interactional problems. Videotaped interaction will be used to analyze the conversational process of disruption and repair in more detail.