Narratives of the interactive moment

Lannamann, John W.; McNamee, Sheila

doi:10.1075/ni.21.2.18lan

Article published In: Narrative Inquiry
Vol. 21:2 (2011) ► pp.382–390

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Narratives of the interactive moment

John W. Lannamann | University of New Hampshire

Sheila McNamee

Published online: 5 January 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.21.2.18lan

In this article, we identify the contributions to narrative approaches that emerge from a communication perspective. We elaborate on an approach to narrative that centers on the joint, interactive aspects of narrative construction and discuss why it is useful for navigating around two pitfalls encountered by narrative scholars: (1) the psychologist’s fallacy and (2) the problems of finalization in narrative.

Keywords: joint action, narrative, responsivity, meaning making as a relational accomplishment, interactive moment

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