Open Access“I’ll just make sure we’re all on the same page”: Talking fictional worlds into being
Author(s) -
Robyn Stobbs,
Arlene Oak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1222
Subject(s) - conversation , construct (python library) , social worlds , categorization , space (punctuation) , focus (optics) , conversation analysis , sociology , ethnomethodology , fictional universe , computer science , media studies , linguistics , communication , artificial intelligence , social science , philosophy , physics , optics , programming language , narrative
This poster will present emerging results from a study of material and discursive information practices in tabletop roleplaying games. The focus will be on the ways in which players collaboratively construct and interact with the fictional worlds of play. A “big and small story” approach, influenced by the ethnomethodological methods of conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis, will be used to analyze the players’ talk as they intersubjectively create and sustain a fictional space of play.