PeaceTalk Video Corpus pt. 1 is part of a broader video corpus of talk and interaction collected in various crisis management exercises that simulate real-life conflicts. The language used in the courses is English as a lingua franca. The instructors and trainees come from all around the world. The research method used in PeaceTalk is ethnomethodologically informed conversation analysis. The project describes efficient interactional practices and challenges in crisis communication. It focuses on how talk and interaction contribute to situation awareness, information flow and team work. The project collaborates with key organizers of crisis management training (Finnish Defence Forces International Center and Crisis Management Finland). The results will be used to inform crisis management training. PeaceTalk Video Corpus pt. 1 includes audio and video recordings of interactions collected in a bridage-level tactical operations centre in a combined joint staff exercise (Haddington, Paananen and Kamunen 2019; Haddington, Kamunen and Siipo 2021). The training exercise was organized by The Swedish Armed Forces, The Swedish Defence University and Folke Bernadotte Academy. The exercise took place in several continents simultaneously. The recordings were made in Finland. The participants were trainees (soldiers) from all around the world. The used language is primarily English as a lingua franca, but the trainees used also other languages (e.g., Finnish and Swedish) to interact with each other. The video recordings were collected in two rooms. The first room was the brigade’s actual tactical operations centre (TOC) in which most of the activities were concentrated. The second room was a meeting room which hosted some of the meetings in the brigade. The recordings primarily include the activities of ten military officers (from four different countries) who worked in the TOC. In addition to this, military officers from other branches regularly visited the TOC. The corpus includes approx. 300-400 hours of audio and video materials, which equals approx. 8 terabites. The video recordings were made with three cameras: two PTZ cameras (pan-tilt-zoom) and one 360-degree camera. One PTZ camera and the 360-degree camera recorded the events in the TOC. The other PTZ camera was used to record the interactions in the meeting room. The video streams were captured simultaneously on a desktop computer and an external hard drive. The 360-degree camera also recorded the audio in the TOC. In addition to this, ten microphones (with, e.g., heart-shaped and spherical pickup patterns) were positioned around the TOC for capturing all the interactions in the room. The meeting room had two microphones. All the microphones were connected to a sound console and a computer. In addition to the recordings, two researchers sat in the TOC during the exercise and wrote dozens of pages of ethnographic notes based on their observations and discussions with the instructors and the trainees. They also took photographs in the TOC (with no participants in the photos), and they have access to course materials (e.g., description of the exercise scenario, maps), exercise logs, feeds, and other written documentation about the exercise. References Haddington, P., Paananen, S. & Kamunen, A. (2019) Puheen ja vuorovaikutuksen tutkimuksen merkitys kriisinhallintakoulutuksessa ja kriisinhallinnassa. In Koivisto, J. & Nousiainen, M. (eds.) Puolustustutkimuksen vuosikirja – Puolustustutkimus 100 vuotta. pp. 46-48. Riihimäki: Puolustusvoimat. (https://puolustusvoimat.fi/web/tutkimus/puolustustutkimus-100-vuotta) Haddington, P., Kamunen, A. & Siipo, A. (2021) Keskustelunanalyysi ja monikansallinen kriisinhallintakoulutus: Englannin kieli työkielenä ja koodinvaihdon hyviä käytänteitä. Kohtaamisia kentällä: Soveltava keskusteluntutkimus ammatillisissa konteksteissa (toim. Nissi, R. Simonen, M. & Lehtinen, E.). (pp. 223–262). Turenki: SKS.

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