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

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#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...

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The South African School of EMCA From Post-Apartheid Interactional Orders to Institutional and Multilingual Practice Wayne Martin Mellinge...

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🚀 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/...

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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Call for papers very relevant to #EMCA

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📢 Call for Papers @suewiddicombe.bsky.social and I are inviting papers on how third parties - e.g., social media users, news reporters, spokespersons - dispute, judge, or excuse others’ misconduct. 🗓️ Submit by 23 Jan 2026 🔗 More info onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... Please share and repost!

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...

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

Dr Yuchen Yang@dr-yang.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited to see an #EMCA paper in the #AJS by @kevinawhitehead.bsky.social @raymond-sociology.bsky.social and Brett Bowman!!! One of my most pleasant surprises working as an Associate Editor for the AJS during 2023-24 was that we got quite some super interesting work using conversation analysis!!!

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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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

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

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 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....

Learn more about Wits in preparation for @iiemca27.bsky.social

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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...

We are delighted to be hosting @robinjsmith.bsky.social for an extensive MCA workshop this week. #EMCA

Rob Smith@robinjsmith.bsky.social · last yr.

First visit to the Wits campus. A real honour to be Visiting Professor in the School of Human and Community Development until 2028.