The tension between dialogicality and interobjectivity in cooperative activities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18979557
AutoresAlessandra Talamo (0000-0002-0278-8116, Sapienza University, Italy,, autor de correspondencia), Simone Pozzi (0000-0003-1654-5956, Sapienza University, Italy)
Año2011
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas302-318
Fecha de publicación2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1354067x11408131
OpenAlexW2038746884
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas27

The context of a vocational e-learning project is used to explore the relation between dialogicality, intersubjectivity, and interobjectivity. By means of narrative analysis, we show that human mediation is sometimes directed outwards (interobjectivity) and sometimes directed inwards (intersubjectivity). Some interactions are closer to the intersubjectivity polarity because participants focus on a shared understanding of the world, whereas others are oriented to the interobjectivity polarity because subjects direct their efforts to what is shared ‘‘out there in the world.’’ We claim that this positioning between the two polarities influences the type of interaction occurring between the subjects. Whenever subjects engage in dialogical interactions, where the other’s collaboration is sought to redefine a shared understanding of the present state of the activity, the intersubjective polarity is put in place. In contrast, when the other’s position takes on an instrumental function, the interobjectivity polarity is chosen

Cognitive science · Dialogical self · Epistemology · Intersubjectivity · Linguistics · Mediation · Narrative · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology