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Catherine L Tam
@cathtam.bsky.social
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Here for #academicsky and #EMCA news. Researcher and lecturer fascinated by interaction, conversation analysis and ethnomethodology. JHB, South Africa.
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 14d
📢Meet the IIEMCA27 Keynote Speakers.

Read about their work on the conference website:
www.iiemca27.org/about

#EMCA #MCA
About | iiemca27
www.iiemca27.org
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · 16d
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 🚀
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · 28d
Join the #EMCA workshop on transcription
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · 29d
📢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)
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · Jun 26
IIEMCA27 is being organised by InterAct, a group of scholars at Wits working to advance ethnomethodological conversation analysis (EMCA) in South Africa.
#EMCA #MCA
The logo for InterAct, a group for the empirical study of social interaction. The group is based in South Africa, at Wits University.
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · Jun 2
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
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · May 29
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
Wits InterAct workshop on MCA 2025
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · May 27
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...
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · May 23
That’s really helpful, thank you. We should be able to keep them plugged in during recording. The good quality audio with additional mic options is really appealing.
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · May 22
Beware the disinformation machine and its evil handler www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · May 21
staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · May 14
Brilliant! We will be able to plug in and the lab has good indoor lighting so this could be a good fit. Thanks so much.
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · May 14
Hi #EMCA community
I’m looking for recommendations for cameras & equipment to capture audio visual data for a small group of people interacting with a robot. There will be 4 robot stations, 1 in each corner of a room. Each station could have a camera. Thanks!!!
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · May 14
Calling local EMCA scholars:

Unlock the Power of Membership Categorisation Analysis with Visiting Professor @robinjsmith.bsky.social
27 – 29 May | Wits University | Research Methods Workshop

Register here: forms.office.com/r/y9v7BW9Zuh

Start preparing for @iiemca27.bsky.social
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · Mar 25
This month we turn to Gauteng, the province where IIEMCA27 will be hosted…
#EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social www.iemca27.org
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · Apr 28
@robinjsmith.bsky.social ‘s brilliant addition to our Asymmetries in Action special issue is now available online.
#EMCA
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InterAct Research Group @interactemca.bsky.social · Mar 7
On 28 March join us for our next ONLINE data session where @emma-richardson.bsky.social will share her coauthored work on 'vulnerability' in police interviews. #EMCA register to receive the link: forms.office.com/r/968kzaMtmA
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Yelena Gluzman @gluzmania.bsky.social · Mar 4
Next year's Intl Conference on #ConversationAnalysis is happening at my home institution, the #UniversityofAlberta, in Canada. The call is out now! Spread the word! #EMCA #sts icca2026.org/callforsubmi...
Call for Submissions
Call For Submissions The 2026 International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA2026) will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, from June 26-29, 2026 (pre-conference worksho…
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · Mar 1
Informed by ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and the notions of “deontic rights” and “the developmental scheme,” we show how participants orient toward omnirelevant asymmetries to influence a course of action, (re)producing dynamic categorial pairs in situated moments: doi.org/10.1002/symb...
Navigating Omnirelevant Asymmetry: Encouraging Children to Exercise Their Deontic Rights in Videoconferencing Music Lessons
The educational community has long critiqued teacher-centered instruction, promoting student-centered learning. Yet, pre-assumed teacher-student category relevance may overlook momentary asymmetries ...
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · Mar 1
The next paper in the Asymmetries in Action special issue is available online.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/symb...
#EMCA
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Navigating Omnirelevant Asymmetry: Encouraging Children to Exercise Their Deontic Rights in Videoconferencing Music Lessons
The educational community has long critiqued teacher-centered instruction, promoting student-centered learning. Yet, pre-assumed teacher-student category relevance may overlook momentary asymmetries ...
doi.org
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · Feb 21
This is amazing!
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Feb 11
Can #AI understand 'human distress'? And where might a conversation analytic answer to this question start?

#LSE is publishing a new series of video shorts on the impact of AI technology and it's great to have #EMCA in it!

youtu.be/rwBgZxmeCDM?...

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Can AI understand distress? The hidden signals in emergency calls I LSE Research
YouTube video by LSE
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SSSI & SI Journal @sijournal.bsky.social · Feb 11
New Article: “Moral Communities in a Race Status Negotiation: A Dorm Room Urination Case” by Catherine L. Tam and Daniella Fafaely doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #emca #sociology #race #interaction
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · Feb 12
In 2027, IIEMCA is coming to South Africa.
South Africa is…
unique for having 3 capital cities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFkZ...
Why South Africa Has 3 Capital Cities
YouTube video by Risen Africa
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · Feb 11
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Moral Communities in a Race Status Negotiation: A Dorm Room Urination Case
In 2022, at a South African university, a white student was filmed urinating on the belongings of a black student. Although race was invoked as an a priori account for this incident, we demonstrate h....
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Catherine L Tam @cathtam.bsky.social · Feb 11
The next paper on asymmetries in action for our special issue of Symbolic Interaction is out. @robinjsmith.bsky.social @francescaorfw.bsky.social

Daniella & I examine a dorm room urination incident as an attempted and resisted status degradation ceremony #EMCA
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IIEMCA2027 @iiemca27.bsky.social · Jan 17
🧭Venture to New Horizons for IIEMCA2027 and visit iiemca27.org to subscribe and check out updates, including conference theme! #EMCA @interactemca.bsky.social
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