Abstract: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 JapaneseAmerican 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 commu… Show more
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