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A research group for the development of #EMCA at Wits University & in South Africa. #AcademicSky We have regular data sessions & workshops. Join the mailing list! forms.office.com/r/hFmgQsxFXC

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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 16h
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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join us for an online data session on Friday 9 October with Shan Shan Li, @robinjsmith.bsky.social and @greiffenhagen.bsky.social on negotiating rights to mobility. #EMCA Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/rYVyNa9dJ4
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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
3-day online Advanced CA workshop offered by Loughborough DARG staff 20th-22nd January 2027 More info here: emcawiki.net/Advanced_CA_...
Advanced CA Online Workshop 2027
Online workshop in Advanced Conversation Analysis:
Details:
This 3-day online workshop is for advanced postgraduate researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and early career faculty who have a strong working knowledge of conversation analysis (CA) and wish to consolidate their analytic skills.
Online workshop in Advanced Conversation Analysis Loughborough University 20th-22nd January 2027
This 3-day online workshop is for advanced postgraduate researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and early career faculty who have a strong working knowledge of conversation analysis (CA) and wish to consolidate their analytic skills.
What does this workshop promise?
The workshop will provide an overview of advanced topics, problems and prospects in CA research. The workshop aims to enhance participants' skills in CA methods of analysis and ability to produce original contributions to the field.
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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
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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Join us for an online talk with @philhutchinson.bsky.social on 18 September. ‘From Occasional Meaning to Praxeological Gestalts’ #EMCA Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/LxGqUDkek6
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nancy Barber had the opportunity to attend AMEE Conference 2026 in Vienna and to share some of the work she’s been doing with the InterAct team. Her workshop, ‘Learning What Works in Communication: Using Conversation Analysis to Inform Teaching and Practice’ brought #EMCA to life.
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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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Join us for a #EMCA data session examining interview interactions with Siobhan de Lange on 31 July at Wits. Register here: forms.office.com/r/Dqa7K3GgK8
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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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#EMCA If you’re in Joburg, join us this Friday for a data session with @cathtam.bsky.social on race as topic and resource in conversations with and about the South African Chinese Community www.wits.ac.za/hgc/events/
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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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Last week InterAct and HCRU members gathered together to explore applied CA in health and social care with colleagues, Profs Steven Bloch and Suzanne Beeke from UCL. #EMCA
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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...
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Call Reminder
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
‘The South African school of EM/CA is not a relic of genealogy or a parochial variant of a global tradition...’- Wayne Martin Mellinger #EMCA doingmodernity.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
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The South African School of EMCA
The South African School of EMCA From Post-Apartheid Interactional Orders to Institutional and Multilingual Practice Wayne Martin Mellinge...
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
IIEMCA is coming to Wits in 2027. Are you ready? iiemca27.org/so/3aPou_-DX...
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Panel Abstract Submissions are Open
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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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Sign up for our workshop on Applying CA in Health & Social Care. #EMCA The workshop is at Wits in May & will be facilitated by members of the Better Conversations Lab at UCL. Register: forms.office.com/r/sc2eihHeKu @jennywatermeyer.bsky.social @daniellarafaely.bsky.social @cathtam.bsky.social
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Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The introduction to our special issue on the (re)production of asymmetries-in-action. It’s been a pleasure working with @cathtam.bsky.social and our contributors in demonstrating EM/CA approaches to various “isms” and some of sociology’s “Big” concerns. #emca onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The (Re)Production, Negotiation, and Navigation of Social Asymmetries‐in‐Action: An Introduction to the Special Issue
This article reconsiders, and argues for, the contribution of ethnomethodological and conversation analytic research (EM/CA) to the understanding of social asymmetries in action. As well as highlight....
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Adam Brandt @adambrandt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Call for papers very relevant to #EMCA
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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...
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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
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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Come across Conversation Analysis and want to know more? Loughborough University's annual online CA for Beginners workshop is on Jan. 15, 2026. Talks, group work & data sessions with experts. Registration (£45 or £90) is now open. More information here emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin... #EMCA
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CA for Beginners January 2026 - emcawiki
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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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
📢Join us for an online workshop on multimodal transcription with @calvirgi.bsky.social Mode: Online Venue: Zoom Date: Friday 26 September 2025 Time: 10:00 – 13:00 SAST / 09:00-12:00 BST Registration: forms.office.com/r/0Hj096p3ds (Please check your spam folder for the meeting link)
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Here is some exciting #EMCA work from fellow Wits scholars
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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
The logo for InterAct, a group for the empirical study of social interaction. The group is based in South Africa, at Wits University.
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Join our mailing list to stay up to date with news and events: forms.office.com/r/hFmgQsxFXC
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Marco Pino @marcopino.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We are advertising an Online Workshop in Conversation Analysis and Healthcare Interactions (Loughborough University). Details: darg.lboro.ac.uk/news/new-wor...
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New workshop advertised – DARG
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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. #EMCA
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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
Wits InterAct workshop on MCA 2025
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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The new edition of ROLSI features 6 papers on "The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis", and two 'ordinary' articles, one on managing expectations in dementia, and one on how live streaming is organised.. www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
A listing of the titles of the articles in the new addition of research on language and social interaction, including six articles on the ethics of collecting curating and sharing data and conversation analysis
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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A run through of the articles in the Special Section on "The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis", now online (1st of 6 posts) #EMCA 1. Joyce et al www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The title and abstract of Joyce et al "accessing and using data without informed consent: guiding principles from conversation analysis" in Rolsi 2025
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Learn more about Wits in preparation for @iiemca27.bsky.social
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We are delighted to be hosting @robinjsmith.bsky.social for an extensive MCA workshop this week. #EMCA
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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
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Sarah J White @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
There is early bbird pricing now available for our course on Conversation Analysis: bedsidemanners.thinkific.com/products/cou...
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Conversation Analysis
Unlock the secrets of Conversation Analysis and elevate your research skills with our comprehensive course. Enroll now to get started!
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@robinjsmith.bsky.social ‘s brilliant addition to our Asymmetries in Action special issue is now available online. #EMCA @francescaorfw.bsky.social
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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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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Now this looks interesting #EMCA www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/2025-g...
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2025 Goffman Memorial Lecture: Professor Waverly Duck - SCCJR
This event is organised by the University of Edinburgh, Sociology subject area. About the talk: Troubled interactions are situations in […]
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Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I'm very much looking forward to joining the InterAct Research Group (@interactemca.bsky.social) on the 28th of March to talk about 'how ‘vulnerability’ manifests as an interactional asymmetry in police interviews.' I'll be giving an overview of the work so far, then we'll get into some data.
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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
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Navigating Omnirelevant Asymmetry: Encouraging Children to Exercise Their Deontic Rights in Videoconferencing Music Lessons
The educational community has long critiqued teacher-centered instruction, promoting student-centered learning. Yet, pre-assumed teacher-student category relevance may overlook momentary asymmetries ...
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Alonso Vásquez-Kanashiro @avasquezkanashiro.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Dear #EMCA community, I'm very happy to announce the foundation of a small study group devoted to Conversation Analysis in Peru, composed primarily of undergraduate and graduate students eager to understand the technicalities of naturally occurring social interaction.
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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
YouTube video by Risen Africa
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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
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