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Publication details [#65386]

Backhaus, Peter. 2018. Reclaiming agency in resident–staff interaction: A case study from a Japanese eldercare facility. Discourse Studies 20 (2) : 205–220.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agency | conversational analysis | institutional context | old age | turn-taking

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper explores the agency issue in resident–staff interaction in a Japanese eldercare facility. Data were gathered during the morning care routines and assayed within the frame of Conversation Analysis. It claims that there is much potential for greater resident agency.