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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Prof Ana Cristina Osterman is one of our Keynote Speakers. Learn more about her work and her keynote address. You won't want to miss this one. www.iiemca27.org/about #IIEMCA27 #EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And we have a second @iiemca27.bsky.social panel that studies healthcare interactions: At Home with EMCA: Exploring Interactional Routines in Home-visit Practices See our Panel Descriptions for more information and to submit your presentation abstract: www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

3️⃣ Visions of Policing: Ethno/CA approaches to understanding policing’s new visibility. 🚀Visit our website for more panel topics and information on the call for presentations www.iiemca27.org/calls @interactemca.bsky.social #EMCA #MCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2️⃣ The Production of Evidence in Forensic Investigations: Bodies, Discourses, Materialities and Tools in Building Accounts of What Happened ...

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In these #IIEMCA27 panels, death and institutional practices related to death are examined: 1️⃣ Cultures of Death and Dying as Actions in Social Interactions ...

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Interested in Psychology and #EMCA? Have a look at these #iiemca27 panels. ➡️ Mind, Brain and Conduct in EMCA ➡️ EMCA in and as Psychology: Respecification, Inquiry and Application www.iiemca27.org/calls @interactemca.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

➡️ What are the Epistopics of ‘AI’? ➡️ Hybrid Engagements: Dialogues in and Across AI and Ethnomethodology ➡️ Interacting With AI – Adequate Description of Human-Machine Communication ➡️ The Work to Make Robots Work: EMCA Perspectives on Human-machine Interaction www.iiemca27.org/calls

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Interested in #EMCA studies of AI in interaction? Explore the panels within the AI stream for #iiemca27...

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The call for presentations at #IIEMCA27 is open! Theme: New Horizons: Exploring the transformative possibilities of EMCA 🚀 Deadline: 23 October 2026 For more information, see our website: www.iiemca27.org/about www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA #MCA @interactemca.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Exciting news! There are 18 panels for IIEMCA27 covering a range of areas from 🤖 AI to 🩺health education to 🎷musicality and much more 🚀. See the website for more information: www.iiemca27.org/news Coming up soon...calls for presentations... #EMCA #MCA @interactemca.bsky.social

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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Shape the conversation and explore new horizons. Submit your #EMCA panel to @iiemca27.bsky.social before this Friday’s deadline.

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

If you're feeling inspired and all fired up after #ICCA2026, why not channel all that energy into a panel submission for IIEMCA27 🚀 Panel submission deadline: 17 July 2026 www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA #MCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Note the extension for panel submissions to 17 July 🚀 #EMCA #MCA www.iiemca27.org/calls

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's a really hectic time and schedules are chock-a-block with #EMCA conferences and activities. So we've reviewed our timeline leading up to #IIEMCA27 and decided to extend the deadline for panel submissions from 29 May to 17 July. See the website for more information:

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A reminder: panel submissions for IIEMCA27 🚀 Deadline: 29 May 2026 (3 weeks to go!) #EMCA #MCA www.iiemca27.org/so/efPr7pnK5...

IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🚀 Panel submissions for IIEMCA27 have opened! Today! On April 1st...Maybe not the best day to make such an important announcement 🤔 Oh well. Head on over to our website for details: www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA #MCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🗓️ We've been quietly working to get things in motion for IIEMCA27...To see the conference timeline - including dates for calls to diarize! - go to www.iiemca27.org/calls #EMCA #MCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Kevin Whitehead is an Associate Prof of Sociology & Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara & a Visiting Associate Prof at Wits. His research uses EM & CA approaches to study practices through which social categories are used, reproduced & resisted... @kevinawhitehead.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Jacki O’Neill is founding Lab Director of Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi...Bringing an ethnomethodological perspective to AI , provides new insight into how we can design better interactions and build the best possible technologies for work, health and society...

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Robin J Smith is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Science, Cardiff University, and Visiting Prof at Wits. His studies have primarily pursued the praxeological, co-constitutive, relationship between space, mobility, and perception...@robinjsmith.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Ana Cristina Ostermann is a scholar of social interaction at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul & a Research Fellow for CNPq in Brazil...her work has been notably interdisciplinary, conducted in institutional settings and focused on societal needs... @ana-ostermann.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

📢Meet the IIEMCA27 Keynote Speakers. Read about their work on the conference website: www.iiemca27.org/about #EMCA #MCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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 🚀

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

InterAct and the IIEMCA27 organising committee invites postgraduate and faculty members from Wits and across academia to explore New Horizons 🚀 and join the (ethnomethodological) conversation (analysis) by subscribing to the mailing list. www.iiemca27.org/about @jennywatermeyer.bsky.social

QR code to join the InterAct mailing list. Also available at https://forms.office.com/r/hFmgQsxFXC

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Started and run by Dr Catherine Tam -@cathtam.bsky.social ‬- and Dr Daniella Rafaely, InterAct meets regularly online or in person for data sessions, presentations, and the development of research projects – including hosting international scholars and the next IIEMCA conference! www.iiemca27.org

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

IIEMCA27 is being organised by InterAct, a group of scholars at Wits working to advance ethnomethodological conversation analysis (EMCA) in South Africa. #EMCA #MCA

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

..to the Wits Theatre, Wits Art Museum (WAM), the Origins Centre to name only a few highlights you can spot and explore virtually before we see you in person at IIEMCA27! www.wits.ac.za/campus-life/...

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

...a South African Premiership soccer (football) match showcasing Wits University FC ("The Clever Boys"), just one sport that Witsies have excelled at over the last 100+ years www.wits.ac.za/alumni/histo...

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Wits Sport - Wits University

A Century of Notable Achievements and Events

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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...

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Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

What a great first day in Johannesburg! Already looking forward to #IIEMCA27 @iiemca27.bsky.social

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Gauteng has it all! Including being the birthplace of Miriam Makeba whose song “Pata Pata” (‘Touch Touch”) has taken on wide ranging and not uncontested significance and meaning across the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=geqW...

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Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata - 2024 Remaster (Visualizer)

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This month we turn to Gauteng, the province where IIEMCA27 will be hosted… #EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social www.iemca27.org

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

…awesome for having Route 62, the longest wine route in the world: www.youtube.com/shorts/ID2zv...

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Route 62 - The World's Longest Wine Route

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

In 2027, IIEMCA is coming to South Africa. South Africa is… unique for having 3 capital cities: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFkZ...

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Why South Africa Has 3 Capital Cities

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🧭Venture to New Horizons for IIEMCA2027 and visit iiemca27.org to subscribe and check out updates, including conference theme! #EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social

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