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Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction | King's College London
The WIT Advanced Summer Institute on Video in Qualitative Research: Materiality, Embodiment and Social Interaction
www.kcl.ac.uk
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction - 04 June 2026 10:00 to 05 June 2026 16:30 - www.kcl.ac.uk/events/wit-a...
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction #emca #sociology
The Work Interaction and Technology Group is holding an Advanced Summer Institute providing practical guidance for researchers interested in the…
The Work Interaction and Technology Group is holding an Advanced Summer Institute providing practical guidance for researchers interested in the…
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction #emca #sociology
The Work Interaction and Technology Group is holding an Advanced Summer Institute providing practical guidance for researchers interested in the use of video to analyse social interaction in any domain (incl. health, technology, public places, organisations, etc.). It is designed for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career faculty. For more information, click HERE
dirkvl.info
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction #emca #sociology
The Work Interaction and Technology Group is holding an Advanced Summer Institute providing practical guidance for researchers interested in the…
The Work Interaction and Technology Group is holding an Advanced Summer Institute providing practical guidance for researchers interested in the…
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I am very happy to hear that @democracyforward.org and @asanews.bsky.social won a major victory against the Trump administration's unconstitutional attempt to make schools censor college classroom teaching on race, gender and inequality.
Major Victory for Public Education Comes As Trump-Vance Administration Abandons Appeal on “Dear Colleague Letter”
Government’s Withdrawal Brings Unlawful Re-writing of Civil Rights Law to Resolution Baltimore, Md. – Today marks a final defeat in the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to require school districts...
democracyforward.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I am very happy to hear that @democracyforward.org and @asanews.bsky.social won a major victory against the Trump administration's unconstitutional attempt to make schools censor college classroom teaching on race, gender and inequality.
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction - 04 June 2026 10:00 to 05 June 2026 16:30 - www.kcl.ac.uk/events/wit-a...
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction | King's College London
The WIT Advanced Summer Institute on Video in Qualitative Research: Materiality, Embodiment and Social Interaction
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction - 04 June 2026 10:00 to 05 June 2026 16:30 - www.kcl.ac.uk/events/wit-a...
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Wir sind erst seit Kurzem hier bei Bluesky und bräuchten bitte eure Unterstützung: Insta legt unseren Hauptaccount immer wieder lahm und wir würden hier gerne die verlässliche demokratische Alternative aufbauen. Könntet ihr unseren Account vielleicht weiterempfehlen? Das wäre eine Riesenhilfe 💝🌟
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Wir sind erst seit Kurzem hier bei Bluesky und bräuchten bitte eure Unterstützung: Insta legt unseren Hauptaccount immer wieder lahm und wir würden hier gerne die verlässliche demokratische Alternative aufbauen. Könntet ihr unseren Account vielleicht weiterempfehlen? Das wäre eine Riesenhilfe 💝🌟
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I've written an end of year substack post about tracking Trump, where we are ending the year and some implications for Europe and for me personally...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
Personal reflections on a Trumpian 2025
The implications of a year in Trump's new America and why I started tracking Trump - and why I'm not stopping.
christinapagel.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've written an end of year substack post about tracking Trump, where we are ending the year and some implications for Europe and for me personally...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
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If we repeat this enough it will make it into Grok, I expect.
Did you know that Mar a Lago is Ruritanian for Home of Lies?
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If we repeat this enough it will make it into Grok, I expect.
@bruces.bsky.social is your site on discontinued innovations still up? www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK
Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@bruces.bsky.social is your site on discontinued innovations still up? www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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*wink wink*
*nudge nudge*
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.
*nudge nudge*
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.
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
*wink wink*
*nudge nudge*
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.
*nudge nudge*
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.
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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...
If you want to join us, get in touch. New members are always welcome.
#EMCA #EM/CA #Wittgenstein
rolsi.net/2025/12/02/g...
Guest blog: Ethnomethodology, from Manchester to MS Teams
One of the most adhesive binding agents for researchers in EM/CA is the weekly get-together, whether to pore over data or to discuss the week’s chosen reading. Some reading groups and data se…
rolsi.net
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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...
If you want to join us, get in touch. New members are always welcome.
#EMCA #EM/CA #Wittgenstein
rolsi.net/2025/12/02/g...
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"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....
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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"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....
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....
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The SSSI 2026 annual meeting will be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 10-12, 2026, with The Qualitatives. Submit abstracts at www.qualitatives.ca/submit-abstract by November 28th, 2025. More information at www.symbolicinteraction.org/North-Americ... or www.qualitatives.ca/CFP.
The Qualitatives - Submit an Abstract
Deadline for Submissions: 28 November 2025
We expect to send notifications early in 2026.
Please Note: Some Safari users have had difficulty submitting using the form. If this is the case, please try...
www.qualitatives.ca
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The SSSI 2026 annual meeting will be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 10-12, 2026, with The Qualitatives. Submit abstracts at www.qualitatives.ca/submit-abstract by November 28th, 2025. More information at www.symbolicinteraction.org/North-Americ... or www.qualitatives.ca/CFP.
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Dr. Christopher Conner will be presenting research on conspiracy theories and QAnon in Kansas City. Please RSVP, attend in person, or join the livestream.
Live Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xkj...
For more information visit: kclibrary.org/events/consp....
Live Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xkj...
For more information visit: kclibrary.org/events/consp....
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Dr. Christopher Conner will be presenting research on conspiracy theories and QAnon in Kansas City. Please RSVP, attend in person, or join the livestream.
Live Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xkj...
For more information visit: kclibrary.org/events/consp....
Live Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xkj...
For more information visit: kclibrary.org/events/consp....
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"Forged in Heat: Craft, Body, and Knowledge in Fire Craft" Claudio E. Benzecry reviews "Fire Craft: Art, Body, and World among Glassblowers" By Erin O'Connor #sssi #bookreview #culture #sociology #glassblowing doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Forged in Heat: Craft, Body, and Knowledge in Fire Craft
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Forged in Heat: Craft, Body, and Knowledge in Fire Craft" Claudio E. Benzecry reviews "Fire Craft: Art, Body, and World among Glassblowers" By Erin O'Connor #sssi #bookreview #culture #sociology #glassblowing doi.org/10.1002/symb...
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Took myself to the playground aka the new exhibition The Secret Power of Scents at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. Smells to bring new life to the collection and its history...and a lot of fun. Was grinning the whole time Thread of highlights!
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
The Secret Power of Scents - Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
www.kunstpalast.de
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Took myself to the playground aka the new exhibition The Secret Power of Scents at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. Smells to bring new life to the collection and its history...and a lot of fun. Was grinning the whole time Thread of highlights!
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
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"As far as green electrification is concerned, China can claim an undeniable, almost embarrassingly total claim to world leadership [..], but it is testimony to the relatively underdeveloped quality of China’s soft power, that the message is as muted as it is." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 414: Slouching towards (Red-Green) utopia. Voicing the muted politics of China's renewable energy revolution.
It can’t be said too often.
adamtooze.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"As far as green electrification is concerned, China can claim an undeniable, almost embarrassingly total claim to world leadership [..], but it is testimony to the relatively underdeveloped quality of China’s soft power, that the message is as muted as it is." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Many thanks to @sgrosjean.bsky.social for her visit yesterday at the Institute of Informatics at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, and to everyone who participated!
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Many thanks to @sgrosjean.bsky.social for her visit yesterday at the Institute of Informatics at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, and to everyone who participated!
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
excellent new article on rejection in academic publishing. in @sijournal.bsky.social #sssi #sociology
New on Early View: “From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing” by Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70025 #sssi #sociology #academic #publishing #rejection #autoethnography
We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article…
We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article…
New on Early View: “From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing” by Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70025 #sssi #sociology #academic #publishing #rejection #autoethnography
We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article "From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing" on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.
sijournal.wordpress.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
excellent new article on rejection in academic publishing. in @sijournal.bsky.social #sssi #sociology
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How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
Regimechange leicht gemacht
Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...
www.blaetter.de
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
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My new paper on how patients use epistemic markers like “I read” and “I heard” is out. I show that epistemic markers allow patients to assert their agency while acknowledging medical authority
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“I read a bit of information”: Epistemic markers as a resource for enacting patients’ agency
As access to online health information grows, patients increasingly arrive at medical consultations informed but uncertain about how to display their …
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My new paper on how patients use epistemic markers like “I read” and “I heard” is out. I show that epistemic markers allow patients to assert their agency while acknowledging medical authority
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fab blog post on unpacking the notion of 'collaboration' between humans and robots, including video footage.
short blog post (with exciting video!) on our #CSCW2025 paper "Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration", summarising our arguments about human-robot 'collaboration' (is it?)
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration
It is now routine to talk about human-AI collaboration and the possibility of AI systems acting as co-workers or partners for us. It’s…
medium.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Fab blog post on unpacking the notion of 'collaboration' between humans and robots, including video footage.
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short blog post (with exciting video!) on our #CSCW2025 paper "Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration", summarising our arguments about human-robot 'collaboration' (is it?)
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration
It is now routine to talk about human-AI collaboration and the possibility of AI systems acting as co-workers or partners for us. It’s…
medium.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
short blog post (with exciting video!) on our #CSCW2025 paper "Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration", summarising our arguments about human-robot 'collaboration' (is it?)
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
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*Did you know that a high-tech typesetting machine bankrupted Mark Twain?
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
*Did you know that a high-tech typesetting machine bankrupted Mark Twain?
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
