Alessandro Duranti

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The standard components of theory of mind—beliefs, desires, and goals—capture only a small part of this continuum. Searle's (1983) attempt to reduce all points on the continuum to the fundamental Intentional states of belief and desire seems less than satisfying…When we understand another person's actions, or grasp the meaning of their words, we are paying attention to one part or another of this continuum, "seeing as" in ways that have been shaped by the culture in which we live. [10]

In her review of the book, the anthropologist and linguist Jane H. Hill writes that "Duranti aims here to move away from homogeneous characterizations of whole cultures as inattentive or attentive to mens rea toward richer and more deeply contextualized accounts of exactly when, by whom, and how such attention is given or withheld." [11] Duranti's book is the subject of a 2017 Book Symposium in HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, [12] which includes response from Eve Danziger, Shaun Gallagher and the authors of the other featured book, The Concept of Action, [13] N.J Enfield and Jack Sidnell.

Combining his interest in intentionality, intersubjectivity, and improvisation, Duranti has been more recently writing about cooperation and the conditions that trigger what he calls “interactional glitches,” involuntary missteps that interfere with the smooth completion of a joint task. [14]

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    Duranti, Alessandro; Ochs, Elinor; Ta’ase, Elia K. (2004). "Change and Tradition in Literacy Instruction in a Samoan American Community". Many Pathways to Literacy: Young Children Learning with Siblings, Grandparents, Peers and Communities: 159–170. ISBN   9780203521533.
    Duranti, Alessandro; Reynolds, Jennifer F. (2000). "Phonological and Cultural Change among Samoans in Southern California". Cadernos de Sociolingüistica. 1 (1): 233–252. doi:10.1558/sols.v1.i1.59.
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    Duranti, Alessandro (2006). "Narrating the Political Self in a Campaign for the U.S. Congress". Language in Society. 35 (4): 467–497. doi:10.1017/S0047404506060222.
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    Duranti, Alessandro (2022). "Interactional Glitches, Cooperation, and the Paradox of Public Joint Activities". Re-Creating Anthropology: Sociality, Matter, and the Imagination. Routlegde. pp. 71–92. doi:10.4324/9781003273615-8.
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Alessandro Duranti
Born
Rome, Italy
TitleDistinguished Professor of Anthropology
Awards John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Academic background
Education Università di Roma “La Sapienza” University of Southern California