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Two new book reviews on early view. Thomas Hoebel discussed Chris Schneider and Erick Laming’s book on body worn cameras and Kenya Massey discussed Ranita Ray’s Slow Violence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1533...
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New Article: “Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical” by Jules Vivid #sssi #identity #intersectionality
New Article: “Lecture or Lager: Deferential Evasion from the Sociology Festival” by Aksel Tjora & Gunhild Tøndel #sssi #Goffman doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Lecture or Lager: Deferential Evasion from the Sociology Festival
Since 2013, we have organized an annual Sociology Festival bringing together students, faculty, and local sociologists to share experiences and socialize. This article analyzes the festival as a soci...
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Great keynote on ‘The power of meaning in police-civilian interaction by @sociologistray.bsky.social at The Qualitatives/SSSI conference #sssi #policing cc @sijournal.bsky.social
New Article: “Looking for Trouble: Pre-Intervention Monitoring in Human and AI Driver Training” by Mathias Broth, Erik Vinkhuyzen, Jakob Cromdal #sssi #emca #interactionism doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Looking for Trouble: Pre‐Intervention Monitoring in Human and AI Driver Training
We compare two types of situations involving monitoring of car driving: a driving instructor overseeing a trainee driver and a safety driver overseeing the performance of autonomous vehicle (AV) soft....
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New Artile on Early View: "Performing Integrity: Managing Misalignment while Researching Transgressive Social Worlds" by Thaddeus Müller - doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Performing Integrity: Managing Misalignment while Researching Transgressive Social Worlds
The qualitative literature criticizing REBs suggests that researchers should develop an approach to research ethics that does justice to their daily practice of fieldwork. In this article, I contribu...
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New Article in Symbolic Interaction: @sethabrutyn.bsky.social (Seth Abrutyn) "An Outline of a Theory of Play" - doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Harvey Sacks' (1935–1975) birthday today. "We are trying not to arrange things conveniently but to find out how they are arranged." (HS in Sanches & Blount, eds., 1975, p. 66) #EMCA #ConversationAnalysis #Ethnomethodology #Sociology
#OTD 88 years ago, Gail Jefferson (1938–2008) was born 🥳 A sociologist and sociolinguist, she was one of the pioneers of Conversation Analysis and an expert on the sociolinguistic analysis of laughter. She also transcribed the Watergate tapes. #WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
New Article in Symbolic Interaction: "Accomplishing Ethics-Work as a Generic Social Process" by Deana Simonetto @deanasimonetto.bsky.social Antony Puddephatt #sssi #research #ethics #ethnography
Just published “Gonzo Governance and the Media Logic of American Fascism” by David L. Altheide #sssI #media #gonzo #governance doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Gonzo Governance and the Media Logic of American Fascism
Symbolic interactionist concepts and theory underlie a communication-based theory of the authoritarian takeover of the United States. Analysis of mass media and digital formats that propelled the cam...
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New article on Early View onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in the Field: Revelations Made in “Sticky Moments”. By Rory Sommers, Allison Chenier, Andrew Hathaway
SSSI 2026 award nominations open: -George Herbert Mead Award -Charles Horton Cooley Book Award -Herbert Blumer Award for Best Graduate Student Paper -Helena Lopata Mentor Excellence Award -The Kathy Charmaz Early-In-Career Award Submission details available at symbolicinteraction.org/CallforAwards
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Call for Editor for Symbolic Interaction! The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) invites applications for Editor(s) of the journal Symbolic Interaction for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2027. More info: sssi.wildapricot.org/Call-for-Edi...
EU SSSI Annual Meeting The annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will be held June 16-19 in Oslo, Norway. The theme is "situations, power, and persuasion," reflecting recent trends in scholarship and public life. More info: www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/...
European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Oslo 2026: Situations, Power, and Persuasion - Department of Sociology and Human Geography
The annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will take place from June 16th - June 19th in beautiful Oslo, Norway. This is the main European conference designed ...
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Symbolic Interaction, Vol.48 No4 is out - it's a special issue on "The (Re)Production and Navigation of Social Asymmetries‐in‐Action" co-edited by Catherine L. Tam @cathtam.bsky.social & Robin James Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social congratulations, both co-editors and authors #sssi #emca #interaction
New Article on Early view: "Temporal and Spatial Organization in Collaborative Work by Nurses in an Emergency and Critical Care Center" by Hiroki Maeda, Yumi Nishimura #sssi #emca #sociology #healthcare doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Temporal and Spatial Organization in Collaborative Work by Nurses in an Emergency and Critical Care Center
This study describes the work at an emergency and critical care center, focusing on the collaboration of multiple nurses when moving patients from the outpatient department to the ward. This study is...
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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....
"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
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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....
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The deadline to submit abstracts for the SSSI 2026 conference is quickly approaching! Abstracts due by November 28th, 2025: www.qualitatives.ca/submit-abstract Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada June 10-12, 2026 More information at www.symbolicinteraction.org/North-Americ... or www.qualitatives.ca/CFP
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - North American Annual Meeting
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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.
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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…
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.
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New on Early View: “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” by Nadja Tadic https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70022 #sssi #sociology #categorization We have just published Nadia Tadic’s article “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending…
New on Early View: “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” by Nadja Tadic https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70022 #sssi #sociology #categorization
We have just published Nadia Tadic’s article “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” 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.
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Symbolic Interaction Vol. 48 No.3 (TOC) ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Passing as Able-Bodyminded, Disabled, or Supercrip: Rethinking Impression Management Strategies Through a Disability Lens Yvonne Wechuli Pages: 293-314 “Lace up Your Boots and Do Something:” A Symbolic-Interactionist Analysis of…
Symbolic Interaction Vol. 48 No.3 (TOC)
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Passing as Able-Bodyminded, Disabled, or Supercrip: Rethinking Impression Management Strategies Through a Disability Lens Yvonne Wechuli Pages: 293-314 “Lace up Your Boots and Do Something:” A Symbolic-Interactionist Analysis of Girls and Young Women Equestrian Athletes' Resilience Laura Sanchez Pages: 315-343 Alexandrina Schmidt, Susie Scott Pages: 344-364 From Tourists' Interpretation to National Identity in National Parks: A Semiotic Analysis…
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New on Early View: Seth Abrutyn (sethabrutyn.bsky.social) discusses “Our Emotions and Culture” by E. Doyle McCarthy http://doi.org/10.1002symb.70019 #sssi #sociology #emotion #culture #interactionism We have just published on Early View Seth Abrutyn's review of "Our Emotions and Culture: How…
New on Early View: Seth Abrutyn (sethabrutyn.bsky.social) discusses “Our Emotions and Culture” by E. Doyle McCarthy http://doi.org/10.1002symb.70019 #sssi #sociology #emotion #culture #interactionism
We have just published on Early View Seth Abrutyn's review of "Our Emotions and Culture: How Modern Life Changes Us” by E. Doyle McCarthy 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.
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New on Early View: Baptiste Brossard reviews “From Skepticism to Competence” by Mariana Craciun http://doi.org/10/1002/symb.70018 #sssi #sociology #psychology #education We have just published Baptiste Brossard's review of “"From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn…
New on Early View: Baptiste Brossard reviews “From Skepticism to Competence” by Mariana Craciun http://doi.org/10/1002/symb.70018 #sssi #sociology #psychology #education
We have just published Baptiste Brossard's review of “"From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn Psychotherapy By Mariana Craciun" by Mariana Craciun” 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.
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New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality
Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”
Face-to-face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with in...
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New on Early View: ““Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns” by Emmi Koskinen https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70013 #sssi #emca #interactionism #face #conversation #closings We have just published New on Early View: "“Do You Want to…
New on Early View: ““Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns” by Emmi Koskinen https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70013 #sssi #emca #interactionism #face #conversation #closings
We have just published New on Early View: "“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns" by Emmi Koskinen 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.
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