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Remember this paper by me and analyst-comrade Dr Emma Tennent? You might have seen it earlier this year. The special issue on "social asymmetries-in-action" of which it is a part is now published. Recommend all the wonderful contributions. Such amazing work by all.
New blog on the ROLSI website on The Ethnomethodology Reading Group, its history, disputes, challenges, and payoffs. Oh, and the spectre of the poker...
If you want to join us, get in touch. New members are always welcome.
#EMCA #EM/CA #Wittgenstein
rolsi.net/2025/12/02/g...
"The (Re)Production, Negotiation, and
Navigation of Social Asymmetries-in-Action:
An Introduction to the Special Issue" by Catherine L. Tam and Robin James Smith #sijournal #sociology #EMCA #SSSI #interactionism - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
I learnt so much from this project, the reviewers, contributors and especially from @robinjsmith.bsky.social. Thank you all!
@dollyeldritch.bsky.social
@emma-richardson.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social @daniellarafaely.bsky.social
@laalaajenkins.bsky.social
#EMCA
We have an incredible opportunity to learn about #EMCA early next year.
Join us for an in-person introductory workshop on Conversation Analysis with Visiting Prof Tom Koole.
26th and 27th January 2026
Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Our last data session for the year is taking place on 14 November and will be an in person event.
@jennywatermeyer.bsky.social will be presenting her data on Machine Translation and Lingustics (In)equity in Clinical
Interactions. #EMCA
Register here: forms.office.com/r/z0HAhEywcD
📢Meet the IIEMCA27 Keynote Speakers.
Read about their work on the conference website:
www.iiemca27.org/about
#EMCA #MCA
Official dates for IIEMCA27!
Mark your calendars: 6-9 July 2027...
Though we'd recommend a few extra days to take full advantage of all that can be enjoyed around Johannesburg, beyond Gauteng, and across South Africa!
After all the conference theme is New Horizons 🚀
Join the #EMCA workshop on transcription
The logo for InterAct, a group for the empirical study of social interaction. The group is based in South Africa, at Wits University.
IIEMCA27 is being organised by InterAct, a group of scholars at Wits working to advance ethnomethodological conversation analysis (EMCA) in South Africa.
#EMCA #MCA
Thank you @robinjsmith.bsky.social for an inspiring 3 and a half days of exploring #MCA and potential projects for @iiemca27.bsky.social. We are already looking forward to your next visit.
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Wits InterAct workshop on MCA 2025
Thank you InterAct members for an incredible 3 days of MCA magic with @robinjsmith.bsky.social at Wits
#EMCA @jennywatermeyer.bsky.social @cathtam.bsky.social
As chilly winter temperatures set in, we look at Wits University -host of IIEMCA27- which will be 105 years old in 2027.
Wits is a multi-campus university that spans 400 hectares in Braamfontein and Parktown (Johannesburg). There is so much to experience at Wits...
That’s really helpful, thank you. We should be able to keep them plugged in during recording. The good quality audio with additional mic options is really appealing.
staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
Brilliant! We will be able to plug in and the lab has good indoor lighting so this could be a good fit. Thanks so much.
Hi #EMCA community
I’m looking for recommendations for cameras & equipment to capture audio visual data for a small group of people interacting with a robot. There will be 4 robot stations, 1 in each corner of a room. Each station could have a camera. Thanks!!!
Calling local EMCA scholars:
Unlock the Power of Membership Categorisation Analysis with Visiting Professor @robinjsmith.bsky.social
27 – 29 May | Wits University | Research Methods Workshop
Register here: forms.office.com/r/y9v7BW9Zuh
Start preparing for @iiemca27.bsky.social
This month we turn to Gauteng, the province where IIEMCA27 will be hosted…
#EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social www.iemca27.org
@robinjsmith.bsky.social ‘s brilliant addition to our Asymmetries in Action special issue is now available online.
#EMCA
@francescaorfw.bsky.social
On 28 March join us for our next ONLINE data session where @emma-richardson.bsky.social will share her coauthored work on 'vulnerability' in police interviews. #EMCA register to receive the link: forms.office.com/r/968kzaMtmA
Next year's Intl Conference on #ConversationAnalysis is happening at my home institution, the #UniversityofAlberta, in Canada. The call is out now! Spread the word! #EMCA #sts icca2026.org/callforsubmi...
Informed by ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the notions of “deontic rights” and “the developmental scheme,” we show how participants orient toward omnirelevant asymmetries to influence a course of action, (re)producing dynamic categorial pairs in situated moments: doi.org/10.1002/symb...
The next paper in the Asymmetries in Action special issue is available online.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/symb...
#EMCA
@robinjsmith.bsky.social @francescaorfw.bsky.social
This is amazing!
New Article: “Moral Communities in a Race Status Negotiation: A Dorm Room Urination Case” by Catherine L. Tam and Daniella Fafaely doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #emca #sociology #race #interaction
In 2027, IIEMCA is coming to South Africa.
South Africa is…
unique for having 3 capital cities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFkZ...
The next paper on asymmetries in action for our special issue of Symbolic Interaction is out. @robinjsmith.bsky.social @francescaorfw.bsky.social
Daniella & I examine a dorm room urination incident as an attempted and resisted status degradation ceremony #EMCA
@interactemca.bsky.social
