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saulalbert.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Social Science/Social Psychology at the Dept. of Communication and Media @lborouniversity: aesthetics, phil sci, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, art, technology. Also on: https://mastodon.social/@saulalbert
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A @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social funded collaborative PhD studentship to work with me and @lizpeel.bsky.social on "Identity work in palliative care" - a postgraduate research project using conversation analysis. Full details on how to apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

📣 We're thrilled to present #17 ed. of our newsletter, brimming with the latest updates from #ILEMCA world. In this number, we offer a glimpse into research showcasing the diverse applications of CA across fields like healthcare, technology, & second language acquisition. 1/6

Designed ambiguity. Flirtation, dog whistles, and many social actions are intended to be defeasible, deniable, transformable. In this case, and in all such cases, it's what happens next that is the tell. "My heart goes out to you" offers an interpretative framing that renders the gesture deniable.

Not long now until we are eating #CAkes together at #CADay24! Looking forward to seeing you there! Online entries also welcomed for our hybrid attendees.

Interested in conversation analysis but don't know where to start? The next "CA for beginners" online one day workshop may be for you. Thursday 16th January 2025 emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin... Registration £40 at: store.lboro.ac.uk/product-cata...

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‘Spin a web with conversation analysis at the centre…’ I report from the 12th 'Conversation Analysis Day' at Loughborough University. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... @saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social #LboroCADay23

Have physicists been studying the most unstoppable force in the universe? We need to understand more about the Democratic Party's campaign and fundraising emails.

Another somehow disturbing but highly informative ethnomethodological reflection on automation from Jonas Ivarsson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGuD2cIij1g

If you want to know what is happening at the cutting edge of Conversation Analysis (my field), you can read some lovely live blogs we published from our field's main conference (that happens only once every 4 years) here: https://www.conversationanalysis.org/category/report/

Hello. I'm an academic at Loughborough University working on human/agent social interaction and conversation analysis (CA) in general. Thanks to my colleague and CA superstar @lizstokoe.bsky.social for the invite - always happy to meet new people and platforms :)