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...
Liz typing in a bookshop
A Jefferson style transcript of a made-up conversation between Liz and Sal about doing Jefferson at the Typewronger bookshop
Today at the brilliant @typewronger.bsky.social bookshop #Edinburgh I went back to the typewriter to do a bit of old-school Jefferson transcription (and made many errors!) with @profsalwiggins.bsky.social #EMCA
Announcing the ROLSI award for Outstanding Research by an Early-Career Researcher. The journal Research on Language and Social Interaction (ROLSI) is pleased to announce an award for early-career researchers, to be competed for by those presenting a paper at the ICCA conference in Edmonton, Canada, June 2026. The prize will be awarded on the basis of a single-authored written research paper representing a single-authored presentation accepted for the conference. It is open to those who have been awarded their doctorate no earlier than five years from June 28, 2026. Deadline: May 30th, 2026. Enquiries: rolsi.journal@gmail.com
Announcing the inaugural ROLSI Award for Outstanding Early-Career Research
Were you awarded your PhD since June 2021?
Presenting at ICCA in Edmonton?
Go in for the award!
For more information, contact the Editors. : rolsi.journal@gmail.com
BaeFoLa Flyer Program (Summer 2026) - Season 10 April 24, 12:30-13:30 CEST: Justyna Robinson (University of Sussex) Neology in Food and Drink Terminology: Recent Perspectives and Developments in Research by the European Network of Lexical Innovation May 22, 12:30-13:30 CEST: Luisa Marino (University of Naples "Federico II") "Good for You. Good for the Planet": Trust-Building and Corporate Legitimacy in Barilla's Sustainability Reports June 19, 15:00-16:00 CEST: Irene Cenni (Ghent University) & Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida) Self-Branding of Italian Food Granfluencers July 17, 12:30-13:30 CEST: Revathi Suresh (St Joseph's University, Bengaluru) Chattichoru as Spectacle: Constructing Malayali Identity and Food Narratives in Online Spaces
The summer term is right around the corner & so is Season 10 of #BæFoLa (Bayreuth-Berlin Food and Language lecture series)! 🍩🍩🍩🍩
Join us for all things #LanguageAndFood, this season as international as ever with speakers from the UK, Italy, Belgium, the US, and India 🤩
#Linguistics
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.
It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
New @wordsandactions.bsky.social episode on the language of food out today! Featuring interview guest Marcelyn Oostendorp, sound clips from five researchers and quite a few metaphors.
Free extra materials at wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/e...
#DigitalPalates
A group of researchers grouped around a table
A picture of TimTam chocolate bars
The inaugural EatSiN (eating in social interaction network) conference was held last week at VU Amsterdam with great success. One of the few conferences where eating the snacks is part of the research.
@ericlaurier.bsky.social @armajlesi.bsky.social
@bogdanahuma.bsky.social @cynhicban.bsky.social
Spread the word! Our division is open to anyone who works on discourse analysis, conversation analysis, ethnography of communication, & related approaches! This is the conference I’ve been going to almost every yr for the past 9 yrs. I’m currently the vice chair & program planner of this division!
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...
Relatable. As someone who lives with a great dane, I can confirm she does all the heavy lifting in terms of emotional labour in our household.
Join us in Ljubljana at EFPTA 2026 Conference - “Why (learning) psychology matters”!
Enjoy excellent keynotes & workshops, and network with psychology teachers from countries across Europe and beyond!
efpta.org/join-us-in-ljubljana-in-april-2026/ #PsychologyTeachingInSchools #EFPTAljubljana2026
PhD course: April 7-9, 2026
Conversation analysis and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts, USN Norway
Application deadline: March 1, 2026.
www.usn.no/activities/p...
a film reel that becomes a roadway with three people at the start of a journey, and 'Start' signpost - in a monochrome line drawing
Next CARM workshop for #EMCA researchers wanting to develop their own training - inc development, design, delivery, and evaluating #impact and #benefit
📍📅 Friday 5th June 2026, 10.30-16.30 GMT, online, register: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata... - fee covers 1-2-1 support for CARM Affiliates 💬
Are you a current MA/PhD student, or a recent PhD graduate? York's annual conference on Conversation Analysis is open for abstracts. Keynotes and workshops in CA skills by me and @ana-ostermann.bsky.social Ana Cristina Osterman.
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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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)
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Genuine question to publishers and book folk: how closely related is back matter to black ⚫️ or dark matter?
Indexes and references pull things together, right? Takes up a substantial amount of the book, inexplicably draws people toward it. Consumes authors who spend too long in it's presence...
N.I.C.E.
Be more like Canada 🇨🇦
In conversation, a true conference… I report from today’s #CADay2025, hosted by @darg-sessions.bsky.social
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
The challenges of 'getting' children to eat veg are complex.
Analysis with @bogdanahuma.bsky.social unpicks the threads of resistance during an everyday family mealtime.
Would you eat the green beans?
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/3JZHVX...
These dark November months are not kind to energy levels and mounting deadlines, but even the smallest gestures provide help. Clinging to words of encouragement from my academic heroes like a lifebuoy.
Tea and saffron buns and sci fi/fantasy also help, of course.
#forFrodo
Thoroughly recommend, whether online or in person. Thanks to the organisers for making this such a welcoming and inclusive event 😊
Using sci-fi to help switch off after intense writing ✍️ 👩💻 days and Interstellar hit really hard. I swear I was only locked away for a few hours, but even the dog seems to have aged considerably.
And now decompressing after an excellent workshop (and a cheeky visit to Stockholm, of course). Love it that @profsalwiggins.bsky.social managed to sneak in! DP royalty! @alexahepburn.bsky.social
It was so great to see you both in Linköping 😁 thanks for inspiring our brilliant researchers 🤩🗯💭👩💻💪
Fab blog post on unpacking the notion of 'collaboration' between humans and robots, including video footage.
Two PhD positions at @liu.se in the department of language and culture. Would suit #EMCA and similar. Spread the word!
liu.se/en/work-at-l...
Swedish speaking lectureship in social psychology at Helsinki University available. Position for 4 years and deadline is soon (22nd Sept):
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Thanks for persisting with the research @yvonnetsecrepaldi.bsky.social and I recognise the long fermentation period. Some papers just need a bit more time to get themselves where they need to be.
Thinking that @bogdanahuma.bsky.social might also be interested in reading this too 💬🫷🧑
Second call for papers for Digital P(a)lates: The Language of Online Food Practices at FU Berlin. Abstracts due October 1 #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics
