Misunderstanding: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

May 13, 2013
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EYE, Film Institute Netherlands
IJpromenade 1
Amsterdam 1031KT
Netherlands

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In connection with DRUST (Digging for the Roots of Understanding)

Speakers: Ingar Brinck (Lund); Andy Clark (Edinburgh); Bruno Galantucci (Yale/Yeshiva); Vittorio Loreto (Rome); Andreas Roepstorff (Aarhus); Pieter Wellens (Brussels)

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Successful communication and interpersonal understanding depend upon a substantial sharing of common ground.  Common ground has multiple dimensions to it.  It is to be found in embodied perception and action in the rhythmic patterns in vocalisation and gesture that naturally form during conversation, in the automatic mimicry of bodily posture; and the covert imitation of action and emotion.  Other dimensions of common ground are bound up with language in the presupposition and inferential capacities that contribute to the pragmatics at work in ordinary conversations.   Common ground is also established through the material and symbolic worlds that humans construct, which enable the coordination of action and the establishment of joint understanding.  This workshop will explore some of the many ways in which misunderstanding can arise when these dimensions on which common ground exists are not shared.  Gaps in common ground are an everyday occurrence in multicultural societies in which individuals with different cultural backgrounds interact in heterogeneous contexts. Understanding what happens when social groups fail to share common ground can contribute to our knowledge of how these increasingly commonplace miscommunications come about.  It may also contribute to the development of an explanation of the roots of interpersonal understanding and how we succeed in establishing common ground in our social interactions.

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May 13, 2013, 10:00am CET

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