You always have to land: accomplishing the sequential organization of actions to land an airliner

Abstract

This chapter is therefore an EM/CA take on matters significant to MDA, such as the role and coordination of various communicative modes and levels of action (Norris, 2004b; this volume) and the emergence, trajectory, and evolution of actions and systems over time (R. Scollon, 1998, this volume; Lemke, 2000b). In particular, what I see in and make of the data is guided most immediately by interest in EM/CA in the sequential order in naturally occurring human social interaction, in micro analysis of how participants collaborate to organize their contributions by projecting and recognizing what is being done, and so what is a relevant next thing to understand, say or do.