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New Article: "Simmel and Ethnomethodology: Foundational Sociological Issues from a Nondualist Perspective" by Chiara Bassetti, Erik Boström, Kenneth Liberman, Jakub Mlynář, Robin James Smith & Dirk vom Lehn 

Together with a team of sociologists – Chiara Bassetti, Erik Boström, Kenneth Liberman, Jakub Mlynář, Robin James Smith, I read Georg Simmel’s “Sociology. Inquiries into the Construction of Social Forms” (“Soziologie. Untersuchungen über die Formen der Vergesellschaftung“) to explore how Simmel’s sociology can/could have informed ethnomethodological inquiries. The result of this collaborative…

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New edited collection with Will Gibson and Natalia Ruiz-Junco "Sensing Life: The Social Organisation of the Senses in Interaction" #ethnomethodology #sssi #symbolicinteraction #sociology #senses #perception

Together with Will Gibson (UCL) and Natalia Ruiz-Junco (Auburn University) I have published a new edited collection titled “Sensing Life: The Social Organisation of the Senses in Interaction”. Table of contents 1 Will Gibson, Natalia Ruiz-Junco and Dirk vom Lehn: Introduction Part 1 – Studying the Senses  2 Will Gibson, Natalia Ruiz-Junco and Dirk vom Lehn: Theorizing the senses  Part 2 –…

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Paper on Analysing "the Sequential Organization of Social Interaction in Exhibitions" #emca #video #sociology #museum

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Call for Applications: Collaborative PhD Studentship: (King's Business School/College of Optometrists) (start date: October 2026)

Blurred Jurisdictions: investigating the professional boundaries in Eye-Care in the UK King’s Business School (King’s College London), Public Services Management & Organisation & College of Optometrists Collaborative PhD Studentship King’s College London, in partnership with the College of Optometrists, is offering a PhD studentship to examine how optometrists cooperate with other eyecare and…

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New Paper: "Social interaction and dark tourism in prison museums" by Rachael Ironside, Brianna Wyatt, Craig Wight, Alona Roitershtein, Dirk vom Lehn

This study explores how prison tourism experiences are co-constructed through situated visitor interactions. Penal heritage sites are decommissioned prisons, transformed into immersive educational attractions, drawing upon multiple interpretative practices to engage visitors with historic and contemporary issues of crime and punishment. Using ethnomethodological conversation analysis (EMCA), this…

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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

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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 “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 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 Girls and Young Women Equestrian Athletes’ Resilience Laura Sanchez Pages: 315-343 Alexandrina Schmidt,  Susie…

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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 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 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: "“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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New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality

We have just published New on Early View: “Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”” by Lars E. F. Johannessen 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: "Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities" by Mehmet Ali Icbay https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70010 #emca #sssi #ethnomethodology #conversationanalysis #science #community

We have just published New on Early View: “Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities” by Mehmet Ali Icbay 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: "The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials' and Gen-Zs' Selves and Identities" by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70012 #sssi #sociology #memes #socialmedia #identity #self #KUFAT

We have just published “The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials’ and Gen-Zs’ Selves and Identities” by by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu 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…

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New on Early View: "“Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom" by Jørn Bjerre https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70005 #sssi #sociology #interaction #classroom #

We have just published ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom” by  Jørn Bjerre 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: "Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure" by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70003 #sssi #sociology #interaction #Skylab #astronaut

We have just published Philip Lewin’s’s review of “Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure” by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch, and Noshir Contractor 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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