InterAct Research Group

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Interested in conversation analysis? Loughborough University's DARG team @darg-sessions.bsky.social are holding the next one-day online *CA for Beginners* on January 14th 2027. More info here: emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin... Registration in online at store.lboro.ac.uk £45 Students £90 Professionals

📢Abstract Submission Deadline Extension to 6 November: www.iiemca27.org/so/dfQ5TbG9F... #IIEMCA27 #EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social

Still time to submit an abstract to our panel on perception in high-stakes environments (with “high-stakes” being broadly defined - where noticings and “missings” are of consequence for ongoing action). #IIEMCA27 #EMCA

Are you interested in temporality, multisensoriality and contexture in #EMCA? Look at these panels for #IIEMCA27...

Don't suffer from #EMCA conference FOMO next year. Submit your abstracts to #IIEMCA27 today. Deadline: 23 October midnight SAST. www.iiemca27.org/calls

www.iiemca27.org/_files/ugd/0... #IIEMCA27 @interactemca.bsky.social

1️⃣ An Introduction to Critical Praxeological Analysis with Phil Hutchinson 2️⃣ How To Study Ideology in Social Interaction with Emma Tennent and Elle Henderson 3️⃣ Talking With, Around, and About Machines with Jakub Mlynář & Victoria Williams

🚀 IIEMCA27 has 3 novel pre-conference workshops lined up! The workshops explore timely topics and approaches with the spirit of collective exploration of research possibilities in #EMCA.

Looking forward to seeing you online for this one

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

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

3-day online Advanced CA workshop offered by Loughborough DARG staff 20th-22nd January 2027 More info here: emcawiki.net/Advanced_CA_...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

#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/

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:

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

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

IIEMCA is coming to Wits in 2027. Are you ready? iiemca27.org/so/3aPou_-DX...

🚀 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

🗓️ 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

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

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/...

Call for papers very relevant to #EMCA

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

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

📢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 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)

Here is some exciting #EMCA work from fellow Wits scholars

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

We are advertising an Online Workshop in Conversation Analysis and Healthcare Interactions (Loughborough University). Details: darg.lboro.ac.uk/news/new-wor...

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