After you read Goodwin, M. H. (2017). Haptic Sociality answer the following questions below.
- Goodwin opens with the philosopher Merleau-Ponty and his concept of intercorporit. In your own words, what does this concept mean? Why does Goodwin use it to frame her study of touch in families?
- What is the CELF project, and why does Goodwin use it as her data source? What are the advantages of this kind of naturalistic video data compared to laboratory studies or surveys?
- Goodwin argues that touch has phylogenetic and ontogenetic primacy. What does this mean, and what evidence does she offer? What is the significance of touch being the most developed sensory modality at birth?
- Goodwin describes family members lying or sitting together, watching TV, resting , as an instance of haptic sociality. What makes this touch as communication rather than just physical proximity? What social work is the bodily contact doing?
- Bring one example from the reading that most appeals to you. Explain how touch becomes meaningful.
- In her conclusion, Goodwin argues that forms of touch richly impact the emotional lives of family members, and are consequential for the co-construction of affective landscapes in the family. What does she mean by affective landscapes? Do you agree with her argument?
- Goodwin calls for more studies of touch in human interaction. Based on the chapter, what unique contribution does Conversation Analysis make to this project? What can CA do that psychology, neuroscience, or sociology cannot?
- Goodwin says touch is sequentially organized like talk. Before reading this chapter, did you think of touch as having a structure? How has the chapter changed (or confirmed) how you think about touch?
- Aristotle wrote that touch is the most universal sense. Goodwin shows that despite its universality, touch is culturally and interactionally organized. How do you reconcile these two ideas?
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