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Eric Laurier

@ericlaurier.bsky.social

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Writes in too much detail about ordinary practices & reasoning. Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis. Professor of Geography & Interaction, University of Edinburgh. He/him.

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #EMCA community!

There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.

Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!

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Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · 5d

Apple Music won for us on certain obscure bands required by family member. A time warp for first few months as it drew on my iTunes listening habits from 10 years earlier.

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · 5d

OneDrive. I feel your pain. Similar things have happened to me.
Have you tried right-clicking the file in the Finder, then selecting version history and seeing if there is a version from before the over-write still there? This doesn’t always work but worth a look.

Reposted by James M. Bullock, Éric Laurier, Felicity Callard , and 6 more James M. Bullock, Éric Laurier, Felicity Callard, Rosaleen Duffy, Wilson McLeod, Aileen McHarg, Adrian Vickers, Margot C. Finn, David Farrier

Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 6d

Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...

Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive

According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.

www.heraldscotland.com

Reposted by Elwys De Stefani, Éric Laurier, Sylvie Grosjean

Jakub Mlynář @jakubmlynar.bsky.social · 10d

The next iteration of the New Developments in Ethnomethodology meeting will take place at HES-SO Valais-Wallis in Sierre from 27 to 29 May 2026.

You can still submit abstracts of approx. 300 words (+ references) to [email protected] by 12 January (AoE).

Full abstract here: t.ly/d3FSP

#EMCA

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · 19d

Didn’t expect shallots as an ingredient.

Reposted by Jonathan Potter, Charles Antaki, Éric Laurier , and 1 more Jonathan Potter, Charles Antaki, Éric Laurier, Alexa Hepburn

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Dec 15

Many thanks to @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social
and honorary @darg-sessions.bsky.social CA day member for a lovely - & extremely rapid - summary of #LboroCAday2025 #EMCA 🥳🎄

@charlesantaki.bsky.social @emma-richardson.bsky.social
@saulalbert.bsky.social

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

In conversation, a true conference | BPS

Our editor Jon Sutton reports from 'CADay2025', hosted by Loughborough University’s Discourse and Rhetoric Group.

www.bps.org.uk

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ordered my copy last night. Currently 30% off in Bloomsbury academic book sale.

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Charles Antaki, Éric Laurier

Spencer Hazel @spencerhazel.bsky.social · Dec 3

What do you get if you cross Conversation Analysis with Dramatic Performance?

(Social Interaction)²
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-in...

Social Interaction and Dramatic Performance

At the heart of the dramatic arts lies a single phenomenon: human social interaction. The crux of the practitioner's work involves knowing how interaction works…

www.bloomsbury.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Éric Laurier

Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · Dec 2

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...

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

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Dec 1

Alec McHoul from his early ‘Telling How Texts Talk’ and onwards. Eric Livingston’s ‘An Anthropology of Reading’ (more poetry focused).

Reposted by Éric Laurier, Felicity Callard, Margot C. Finn , and 2 more Éric Laurier, Felicity Callard, Margot C. Finn, Julie Cupples, Rachel Killean

The Ferret @theferret.scot · Nov 30

🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.

Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...

Reposted by Éric Laurier, Alexa Hepburn

Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · Nov 27

If you would like to explore some of Jeff's work, having read this short piece by Bo & me in The Psychologist, you could start with some of the items on this thread I put together in May this year: bsky.app/hashtag/Jeff...

#EMCA #EM/CA

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Éric Laurier, Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre

Rob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · Nov 24

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....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Éric Laurier, Felicity Callard

Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · Nov 17

Covid prevents me from being on the picket line but solidarity to everyone there.

An isolated management, censured by its own academic senate, seeks to literally decimate its own staff.

Oh, and it has the third largest uni endowment in the UK.

UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · Nov 17

Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · Nov 17

Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Nov 13

Wonderful news. Well done!

Reposted by Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Nov 12

Paper by Sylvaine Tuncer and me on what more there is to rapport in cafe service. How tensions between conviviality and instrumentality play out in small talk. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Customer Agency in Interactive Service: Small Talk and Rapport at the Cafe Counter - Sylvaine Tuncer, Eric Laurier, 2025

This article draws on fine-grained analyses of video recordings of service interactions at the cafe counter to revisit the notion of rapport and conceptions of ...

journals.sagepub.com

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Nov 4

Usually puts me in the right mood for the rest of the day too.

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Nov 3

Phonecall from dentist today, now in my top 10 of AI transcription. “Hello, it's been like a message for Dr Lauria. It's um Elaine Crow from Bugsfield Dental. Just to let you know, your mouse curse is arriving today.”

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Éric Laurier, Wilson McLeod

UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · Oct 29

Staff at Edinburgh Uni to continue strike action #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557921...

Edinburgh University lecturers to continue strike action

Staff at Edinburgh University have voted to continue strike action over proposals to cut £140m from the institution’s annual budget.

www.heraldscotland.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Éric Laurier

Daniel Buschek @dbuschek.bsky.social · Oct 23

While reviewing for #CHI2026, I've noticed four new writing issues in #HCI papers, likely due to an increased use of #LLMs / #AI. I describe them here - and how to fix them: dbuschek.medium.com/when-llms-wr...

When LLMs Write Our Papers

Four writing issues I notice as a reviewer — and how to fix them

dbuschek.medium.com

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Vicky Blake UCU (she/her) @vickyblake.bsky.social · Oct 21

The venue for today’s #USS JNC meeting - before the wind started up and the rain started just in time for us to leave this afternoon!

Photo looking up at the Liver Building, which is massive, clad in almost sandy coloured stone, with its famous clock tower in shot, and the Liver Bird standing at the top. The sky is pale and cloudy.

Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Oct 17

Great piece.

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Éric Laurier, Sally Wiggins

😶 stuart reeves 😶 @5tuartreeves.bsky.social · Oct 13

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...

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

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𝚈𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚇𝚒𝚎 謝雅戎 @xyarong.bsky.social · Oct 7

Join us for a free workshop, exploring how our words shape conversations about racism.

#ESRCFestival

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Eric Laurier @ericlaurier.bsky.social · Sep 28

I’m voting ‘yes’ & ‘yes’ again because after 6 months Edinburgh management haven’t yet come to the table. @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Sep 23

#1
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Apr 28

Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · Sep 12

HUUUGE turnout this morning to demand protection for our jobs and our students' learning conditions. There is no deficit!!!

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