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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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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friday this week (18/09/26) 1pm South African and Central European Time. 12noon UK Time. 7am Eastern Time US--perfect breakfast entertainment!

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Submit your papers and join us in Joburg next year to talk psychology and EMCA

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Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Open paper and panel call deadline 23rd October. Tick tick. #EMCA

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xX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyangelic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I think people should seriously think about coming to IIEMCA, not least of all coz you'd be able to play around with ideology x emca with me and Emma in a pre-conf workshop

How To Study Ideology in
Social Interaction
with Emma Tennent and Elle Henderson
Description: Too often, analysing ideology is presented as antithetical to robust data-driven
EMCA. We believe this is a mistake. In our own work, we are trying to speak about ideology while
maintaining rigorous EMCA analyses. This workshop is for those who are interested in studying
ideology empirically (or any related ‘big picture issues’ often deemed off limits).
Our objectives are to explore some of the ways ideology is relevant in different aspects of social
interaction; and how different analytic tools (e.g. domains of organisation; epistemic, deontic,
affective orders; etc.) can be ‘keys’ to explicate them.
We are not going to offer a singular tidy definition of what ideology is or how to study it. Instead,
we want to explore alongside workshop attendees the utility of these different EMCA ‘keys’ in
helping us ground discussions of ideology in specific interactional practices.
In this full-day workshop, we will work collaboratively to explore the different ways we can study
ideology in social interaction.
We’ll start with a brief overview of some of the key concepts and debates. Ideology is a term
used in many different fields in many different ways. As we work through some of these different
definitions, we’ll discuss how different analytic concepts commonly deployed within EMCA can
render aspects of ideology visible.
We will work through a range of data extracts unpacking different conceptualisations of ideology
as they are manifest in observable practices of interaction.
Facilitators:
Emma Tennent is a Senior Lecturer in Communication at Te Herenga Waka and Elle Henderson
is an academic staff member at Open Polytechnic. We both have PhDs in Discursive Psychology
from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington and have been working together for many
years. Our research has explored ideology in different forms (although not always using that term
explicitly) and we are gr…

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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 · 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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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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Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you are working on practice and perception in high-stakes environments - where timely noticings (or, indeed, “missings”) of interactional and environmental significances are highly consequential - do consider submitting a paper to our panel! www.iiemca27.org/calls #iiemca27 #emca

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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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Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Honoured that our article on the Chicago School received the 2026 Melvin Pollner Memorial Prize from the #ASA #EMCA Section. Many thanks to my co-authors @robinjsmith.bsky.social, Terry Au-Yeung, Erik Boström & @phdahlphd.bsky.social, and to colleagues who shared their insights with us. t.ly/9A-yH

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A new Lento milestone - 300 episodes! 🎂 In total 205 hours of quiet from real places From 26 counties, 127 different locations Always made with love by us ❤️ Free for everyone to listen Thanks to supporters who help us cover our increasing hosting and production costs > ko-fi.com/radiolento

Old building in Ipswich, painted cream. Wooden beams and latticed windows. Old street sign says 'Silent Street'.

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SSSI & SI Journal @sijournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New Article: "“Who Is Watching me?”: Recovering the Grammar of Stigma in Interaction" by Phil Hutchinson (@philhutchinson.bsky.social) #sssi #emca #stigma

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Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Loving the Panel Lead/Co-Lead musical chairs on IIEMCA submission day…! Sounds like there are some fantastic panels being put together, so look out for calls down the line. And there’s the open paper call coming up in September. Hope to see lots of you in Jo’burg next year! #EMCA #IIEMCA27

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@therestisfootball.bsky.social Can we have discussion of the impact the conditions in Miami had on the speed, flight & trajectory of the ball & impact on both keepers? The combination of 38°C heat & 63% humidity creates extreme, thin-air conditions that can cause a goalkeeper to misjudge the ball.

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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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FW 🔺 @francescaorfw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Finally received a hard copy of our new book, Race Talk in Institutional Settings: A Language and Social Interaction Perspective. ✨ @natshri.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who supported and poured into us along the way. Link: www.peterlang.com/document/131... #LSI #RaceTalk #EMCA

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Peter Lang Verlag - Race Talk in Institutional Settings

Language and social interaction scholars have increasingly explored the consequentiality of language use for the production and reproduction of race, ...

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'd have loved to have been there to deliver my talk & hear the talks of others, both on our panel & across the conference programme. Unfortunately, my funding request was rejected by my faculty. In my absence, I really appreciate the mention from Iuliia, Samira & Brian

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

New OA #EMCA book: From sky surveys to machine learning, data do not speak for themselves. Götz Hoeppe’s _How Data Need People_ shows how data-rich science depends on embodied, evaluative, social practices. Open Access from Cambridge Core: www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...

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How Data Need People

Cambridge Core - History, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics - How Data Need People

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This was a great event. Excellent papers and discussions in the most amazing setting. Another fine entry in the annual New Developments in Ethnomethodology series. Thanks to the organisers! To Joburg in 2027.

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Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Honoured to have hosted the New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026 conference with Philippe Sormani and Clemens Eisenmann on “Hybrid Studies”. Many thanks to the nearly 40 international participants for coming to Sierre and engaging in 3 days of lively discussions. More info: t.ly/vQMXS #EMCA

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Please propose your panel ideas. You now have until July 17th.

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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 · 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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Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Out today! A great collection of studies of the organisation of the senses in interaction. Our chapter looks at visual and haptic aspect shifts in an orienteering race. Plenty of other settings and sensings to be found within! #emca #interactionism #sociology www.routledge.com/Sensing-Life...

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Sensing Life: The Social Organisation of the Senses in Interaction

This book showcases the critical contribution that scholarship in the field of social interaction can make to the study of the senses. Centred on an understanding of the senses as interactionally conf...

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

They're here! Emotionography: Theory, Research and Practice is published today. A book Alexa Hepburn and I have been building toward for thirty years. Here's why we think it matters. 🧵 Available now from APA with links to Kindle and Vital Source - www.apa.org/pubs/books/e...

A colourful pile of Potter and Hepburn Emotionography books.

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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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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

"Qualitative methods are criticized [because they] don't provide “hard” data. [On] inspection, hard data turn out to be produced by unavoidably “soft” human interaction & activities. That means that psychologists must work directly with what people do & say" 1/2 drive.google.com/file/d/1htyZ...

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Stokoe et al. - 2026 - The softness of hard data Discursive psychology, conversation analysis, and psychological science.pdf

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Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Many thanks to Andrew Carlin and Marek Czyżewski for inviting me to contribute to the special issue of Przegląd Socjologiczny dedicated to the work of Harvey Sacks. Special issue - part 1: t.ly/GLUVh Special issue - part 2: t.ly/ZI7mP My paper: t.ly/-O1ei #EMCA #HarveySacks #Sociology

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xX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyangelic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

oh hey look! what joy! a new (online advance) publication. my analytic bestie and comrade Dr Emma Tennent and myself offer psychologists a provocative recommendation; don't recruit participants for psychological research. (get in touch if you'd like a copy 💗) #EMCA psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...

Title and abstract for the article. Reads:
Against Recruiting Participants for Psychology Research

Recruiting participants is prevalent in psychology and many social sciences. Although
qualitative approaches are often positioned as critical alternatives to quantitative methods,
underlying assumptions about recruitment are shared across paradigms. These assumptions
are that (a) researchers can determine groups of people with relevant identities,
(b) recruitment can be accomplished by naming such identities, and (c) participants so
recruited will be able to speak to/from these identities. We draw on discursive psychology,
ethnomethodology, and conversation analysis to highlight the metatheoretical
assumptions of recruiting participants. We show how the categorical logic underpinning
recruitment involves problematic power relations. Two case studies illustrate how categories
typically characterized as “demographic” (gender and ethnicity) are negotiated by
participants in social interaction. We argue that studying naturally occurring data decenters
researchers’ agendas and offers a powerful way to realize principles like honoring
voice or lived experience.

Keywords: recruitment, ethics, discursive psychology, social interaction, categories

While recruitment is often represented as simply
the process by which researchers invite and sign
volunteers into the research sample, it is, like all
social activities,underpinnedby a taken-for-granted
inferential infrastructure (Garfinkel, 1967). Rather
than conceptualizing recruitment (solely) as a
problemfor researchers, our discursive psychology
approach allows us to theorize recruitment as a
“two-person problem” (Sacks, 1995, p. xxxviii).
Thus, we approach recruitment as a practical
accomplishment coordinated by both researchers
and (possible) recruits. Interactional studies have
examined instances of recruitment in telephone
surveys (e.g., Nolen & Maynard, 2013) and randomized
control trials (Wade et al., 2009), showing
that it is a complex interactional accomplishment
(e.g., howrecruiters might describe or persuade and
how recipients might decline requests to participate).
Rather than empirically demonstrating
recruitment, in this article, we highlight the categorical
logic underlying recruitment with a
focus on the aspects that involve unequal power
relations. Our aim in providing this brief sketch
is to offer a broader conceptualization of
recruitment and highlight key aspects for researchers
to consider.

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Credit to Scotland but playing like this Eng wouldn't even compete with SA, NZ or France. They'd be lucky compete wth Ireland, Aus & Pumas. & when you're 11 points down in the 52nd min why go for a drop goal? Drop goals are for adding to a lead or to win a close game in the dying seconds #ScoVsEng

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Hello and welcome new followers! We're an ad-free podcast of sounds from real places. We share quiet for anyone to enjoy when they need an escape. Try this as a first listen Episode 25 - Evening calm at Felixstowe Ferry (32 mins) bit.ly/LenFxFer

august by the sea. perfect blue sea. perfect blue sky. a single white boat with a white sail reflected on the water next to a shingle beach. a red boy marks where the current is rough.

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Thanks for the shout-out Phil! Here's one of our favourites.

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Some of these were great & all are worth a listen. Seeing this brought back memories. There was a related series called Another Late Night too. I think the Groove Armada curated Back to Mine & Another Late Night got the most plays

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The program that questions everything finally questioned its own paywall. Our entire archive of 600+ episodes—from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Anarchy to Zen Buddhism—is now FREE and open to everyone. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or stream at philosophytalk.org. #PhilSky #philosophy

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hello #EMCA community! There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs. Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this! 1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX 2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I'm about to deliver a talk to @durhamimh.bsky.social about how I combined features of deliberative democracy with the Consensus Workshop Method to pioneer a flipped, facilitation-led deliberative fora model in my QMiP2 module a MMU.

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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

On my way to the Institute of Medical Humanities, University of Durham, to speak to a facilitation event & share how I combined features of deliberative democracy with the Consensus Workshop Method to pioneer a flipped, facilitation-led deliberative fora model in my QMiP2 module (MMU).

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Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The next iteration of the New Developments in Ethnomethodology meeting will take place at HES-SO Valais-Wallis in Sierre from 27 to 29 May 2026. You can still submit abstracts of approx. 300 words (+ references) to jakub.mlynar@hevs.ch by 12 January (AoE). Full abstract here: t.ly/d3FSP #EMCA

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Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

We're hiring two Postdoctoral Researchers (80%) and a Research Assistant (50%) for a four-year #EMCA research project on the integration of AI in medical education in practice. Apply by 4 January 2026. www.hevs.ch/fr/recruitee... www.hevs.ch/fr/recruitee...

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Assistantes ou assistants postdoc (... | HES-SO Valais-Wallis

L’institut Informatique de la HES-SO Valais-Wallis met au concours deux postes de :Assistantes ou assistants postdoc (80%) Le groupe de recherche

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