ANTHRO 119P Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Los Angeles River, Linguistic Anthropology
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Concept of turn-taking in conversation the interaction between interlocutors in which the speakers engage in a performance of dialogue not only through the words spoken and the ideas communicated, but also through the engagement of pauses. People are dead and we can"t interview people in the ancient cities materialization* helpful. Pregnant pause something is gonna happen or being generated but not articulated yet. Empty space flexible can be a riot, parade, market sell Conversation can go all kinds of ways opens up the space for something potentially dramatic. How the state communicates investment in infrastructure always involve a lot of people, big machinery and something that is visibly big on the landscape. Cones and blocks performance conversation is about performance the idea that you are communicating something in an extraordinary kinds of way. Performance involve not routine like conversation, idea of script/special costumes.
