Is Bigger Really Better? A Comparative Analysis of Municipal Mergers in Australian and Japanese Local Government
In: International journal of public administration, Band 41, Heft 9, S. 725-734
ISSN: 1532-4265
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In: International journal of public administration, Band 41, Heft 9, S. 725-734
ISSN: 1532-4265
In: Journal of urban affairs, Band 46, Heft 5, S. 1039-1052
ISSN: 1467-9906
In: The Asia Pacific journal of public administration, Band 42, Heft 3, S. 170-187
ISSN: 2327-6673
In: Local government studies, Band 46, Heft 6, S. 959-978
ISSN: 1743-9388
In: Narrative inquiry: a forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 328-346
ISSN: 1569-9935
This article examines storytelling (narratives) in interaction at a Japanese American museum. The analysis draws upon audiovisual recordings of tours led by older, male Japanese American docents. It examines ways docents tell stories — primarily of vicarious experience — in educating visitors on Japanese-American history, and ways they use a range of verbal and non-verbal communicative practices that invite visitors' engagement in the telling as a social and sense-making activity. We categorize two types of communicative practices: elicited and non-elicited. Elicited practices include (1) interrogative and polar questions, which are further divided into (a) known and (b) unknown information questions, and (2) other-repetition + list intonation. Non-elicited practices include affective talk and gestures in recounting past events. We show ways that visitor engagement varies in relation to elicited and non-elicited practices. Finally, we discuss storytelling as a vehicle for displaying and positioning the self and others in relation to stance and identity, and in working towards the goals of the museum.
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 30-44
ISSN: 1884-2755