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Lorenza Mondada
Coordinating mobile action in real time:
The timely organisation of directives in video games
1. Introduction
Joint activities collectively performed in real time, in which participants en-
gage together in the achievement of a collaborative task, require a high de-
gree of timed coordination. Activities’ coordination is even stronger when
mobile actions are performed; in a continuously changing context, joint ac-
tion is reflexively organised by adjusting to a constantly and contingently
evolving situation, constituting dynamic mobile configurations.
Jointly coordinated mobile activities are characteristic of professional ...