Discursive psychology and the study of social action

Abstract

This talk will outline how discursive psychology is uniquely suited to the study of social action. With an exclusive focus on how our talk attends to contingencies of the interaction, discursive psychology examines our social life as it happens. This talk will focus on how social categories are constructed, modified, and used in interactions to accomplish social action. Using data from contexts in the Global South the talk will identify the unique capacities for discursive psychology to offer knowledge that is grounded and closer to how we make sense of our lives.

Rahul Sambaraju

Assistant Professor, Social Psychology

My research interests include social psychology, social exclusion, discursive approaches, race and racism, South Asia