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JOH Ayami

Department / Course College of Letters Language and Communication Program

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science

Academic background
1.	2009/04～2012/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ The University of Shiga Prefecture
2.	2007/04～2009/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ The University of Shiga Prefecture
3.	2003/04～2007/03	School of Human Cultures │ The University of Shiga Prefecture

Business career
1.	2021/04 ～	Associate Professor │ College of Letters Language and Communication Program │ Ritsumeikan University
2.		│ Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences │ Waseda University
3.	2020/04 ～ 2021/03	│ Faculty of Human Sciences │ Waseda University
4.	2019/09 ～ 2020/03	│ Faculty of Culture and Information Science │ Doshisha University
5.	2019/09 ～ 2020/03	│ College of Social Sciences │ Ritsumeikan University
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Research activities
1.		International Pragmatics Association
2.		JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF QUALITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
3.		THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
4.	2018/01 ～	The International Society for Conversation Analysis
5.	2008/06 ～	Japanese Cognitive Science Society
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Subject of research
1.	Conversation analysis research focusing on the body, material, and environment in social interaction
2.	Describing the specialties of human service professionals through conversation analysis of various social practices

Research summary
Understanding of the complex structures of collaborative activities and describing the specialties of human service professionals revealed by conversation analysis 　Using a qualitative research method called conversation analysis, which describes and analyzes interactions in detail, I have focused on the roles of the body, material, and environment in joint actions and activities, and have tried to reveal some of the mechanisms by which people develop and maintain sociality. In particular, I have revealed the following two points about the phenomenon of gestural matching, in which the same gestures are produced by two or more people at the same timing. 1. this phenomenon is not a product of chance, but a social achievement produced in a specific situation and interactional position, and achieved by the producers' prediction of the situation and fine adjustments of the motions. 2. this phenomenon is produced through the process described in 1, and contributes to resolving stagnation in communication. 　Such line of works is also useful in understanding modern society and cutting through various problems. I have been engaged in analyzing various flexible and adaptable practices by science communicators and care workers in order to describe the specialties of human service professionals which are essential needed interaction and concern with people.

Present specialized field
Linguistics, Sociology, Science education, Social psychology, Cognitive science, Social welfare, Web informatics and service informatics (Keyword：Interaction, Conversation analysis, Embodiment, Gesture, Ethnomethodology, Science Communication, Communication)

Papers
1.	2024/12	Interactive creation of co-learning values in co-presence: An example of a science classroom for children │ ,pp.609-626
2.	2019/06/14	How science, technology and innovation can be placed in broader visions — Public opinions from inclusive public engagement activities │ Journal of Science Communication │ 18 (03),pp.A02-1-A02-19
3.	2015/09/01	科学コミュニケーターの対話スキル養成を支援するリフレクションシステムの構築 │ ヒューマンインタフェースシンポジウム論文集(CD-ROM) │ ,pp.ROMBUNNO.3313
4.	2015/03	Constructing a Dialogue at Science Museum: A Practice of ‘Do you know X?’ from the Perspective of Interaction Analysis │ ,pp.69-83
5.	2015/03	Recognizable Gestural Preparation and Gestural Matching │ The Japanese journal of language in society │ ,pp.40-55
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2020/05/11	Towards a Versatile Medical-Annotation Guideline Feasible Without Heavy Medical Knowledge: Starting From Critical Lung Diseases
2.	2019/08/26	Capturing of continuous verbal interactions in the surgical team performance
3.	2019/06/14	Experiencing the bigness of a telescope primary mirror through embodied expressions and a huge exhibit in a science museum
4.	2018/07/14	Managing the distribution of multiple resources and temporality while sightseeing: Proposing to take group photos while engaging in another sightseeing activity
5.	2018/07/12	Display of Not Knowing for Involving Peers: A Modest Proposal Practice in Group Activities in a Japanese Classroom
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Works
1.	2016/07/28	Every Little Bit Counts in Human Interaction
2.	2015/03/21	Instructions for seeing a large semicircle panel as a representation of the actual size of a mirror of the Subaru telescope (Data session)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2018/04/01 ～ 2021/03/31	Understanding of system dynamics of resilient surgical teams │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
2.	2015/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Establishing care workers' expertise based on interaction analysis of `formulation' practices │ Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
3.	2014/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Development of Dialogue Skills Training Program for Scientists │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
4.	2013/08/30 ～ 2015/03/31	Understanding patterns of verbal and bodily expression for quantitative assessment of the practical knowledge of professionals engaged in direct personal encounters │ Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up
5.	2013/04/01 ～ 2016/03/31	Understanding Interactional Practices of Science Communicators: As An Example of Knowledge Interface │ Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research
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Message
1.	If you look at the world from a slightly different perspective We accomplish things and feel joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure through interactions in various environments and situations. My research is to record various interactions including mundane and institutional settings, and to reveal their organizations and structures using the qualitative research method of conversation analysis derived from sociology, in order to show the richness of our abilities as social members. In the first chapter of "An Introduction to Conversation Analysis," as Prof. Shuya Kushida wrote "When we talk with someone, we are usually interested in the content of what we say, not the ability or prosedures to do so.(...) We live our social lives with a variety of practical interests, but these interests are based on the assumption that we and the people around us are capable of doing interaction (p.6)," we don't usually think much about the organizations and structures of interaction and our ability to operate it, so it may not be clear to you that we have a rich capacity. However, when we take a closer look at the data of interaction by relying on conversation analysis, we can clearly see how orderly human actions and responses to the ever-evolving events are. If you get in touch with conversation analysis and look at the world from a slightly different perspective, you may find that something good happens to you.

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00709313