Projects
Sabbatical Geert Brône: Developing a research program on eye gaze in face-to-face interaction KU Leuven
In recent years I, together with colleagues from my research group and in various interdisciplinary partnerships, have been working on a methodological testing ground for the study of viewing behavior in face-to-face interaction, using mobile eye-tracking technology. This method plays a central role in: (a) an ongoing KUL-C1 project of which I am the PI and will be completed in September 2020 (project no. 3H160232: “Eye gaze in multimodal ...
Managing identities, agendas and expertise/knowledge in organizational settings. KU Leuven
In this project, we focus on organizational settings and zoom in on how individuals construct institutional structures as they interact with each other. In particular, we aim to investigate how interlocutors manage their identities in relation to the agenda at hand (the action dimension) and the negotiation of knowledge or expertise (the epistemic dimension). This will be investigated in a number of different organizational contexts (viz. ...
Facework and multimodality. A comparative study of on-site interpreting and video-remote interpreting. Ghent University
When translating the speech of interlocutors who have no access to each other's language, interpreters never act as mere ‘machines’ transferring the message automatically. Instead, they take up an active role in the joint construction of meaning and the interpersonal interaction. In conducting this type of interpersonal work, public image or face is of key importance. Interpreters may omit, mitigate or strengthen face-threats (e.g. requests, ...