Special Topics Title: Storytelling in Interaction - This course takes storytelling as a site for examining major topics in the field of Language and Social Interaction. We ask: What do people use stories for in interaction? What communicative resources—e.g., language, the body, and context––do people make use of when they tell stories? What is the relationship between the stories we tell and our identities? What is the role of stories in meaning-making and understanding the world around us? And, how can we use stories to affect our relationships in positive ways? As a 500-level analytic class, our focus will be on learning the practical skills, modes of inquiry, and intellectual orientations necessary for the analysis of social interaction.