i've only skimmed this so far but it looks really interesting. comments on things i've raised in the past regarding EMCA's relation to autism that need addressing. but i saw this endnote (first pic) and would like to use it as a prompt to re-up my own EMCA work on autism (the other three pics).

New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality

✨ New publication ✨ Face-to-face is often treated as the “gold standard” of interaction. My new article shows how autistic sociality complicates this view, revealing alternative ways of connecting. Available open access in Symbolic Interaction: #sociology #anthrosky #autism #neurodiversity

Reading list: Theorizing in Times of Crisis, Fragmentation and Disorder (2025) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reading list: The promises and perils of AI for sociology (Au & Fong, 2025, published in Sociology) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Work-life (im)balance

Optimal combo

Time for day one of the Norwegian microsociology meeting! Look at this beautiful room of people 😍

It's finally here: the second annual meeting of the Norwegian Microsociological Network! This year we're in Trondheim, with Gary Alan Fine and Iddo Tavory as special guests. The drinks reception is over; now we have two full days of talks to look forward to 🤠

Reading list: Monika Krause (2024): Theorizing from Neglected Cases www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hartmut Rosa just gave the Vilhelm Aubert memorial lecture at the University of Oslo. The guy packed two auditoriums (!) and half of us had to watch on livestream.

Currently reading "Generative AI for academics" by @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social It's a refreshing, sociological take on a topic dominated by self-help books, and Mark is particularly good at articulating his ambivalence towards GenAI and what it means for scholarship.

The list of words the Trump administration has banned from research grants is even longer than the lists I’ve seen online. Here are screenshots of the words confirmed by the NYTimes and listed in this article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Isaac A. Reed gave a brilliant guest lecture at @oslomet.bsky.social earlier this week, discussing the balance between under- and overinterpretation when using theory in empirical social research. The lecture can be seen here: youtu.be/3vmmafrv9kY?... #sociology #philsky

Fun fact: "Full professor" means "drunk professor" in Norwegian.

📢 New paper 📢 We bust 5 myths about face-to-face vs. remote interviewing and argue for "interview mode pluralism" as a more context-aware way of assessing the strengths and weaknesses of different interview modes. Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Sociology #comsky #STS

Went skiing for the first time in 10+ years. Fell on my ass a handful of times. Met a horse. Good times.

Got promoted to full professor today! AND I'm at a mountain resort for three days of sociological bliss. It's going to be one hell of a weekend!

Me navigating the icy streets of Oslo

My department at @oslomet.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc for the project "Automating technologies and the future of work". Application deadline: 24 February 2025. Read more here: www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-... #sts #commsky #philsky #sociology

This is too good to be true <3 "Many qualitative methodological approaches are already very vibey [...] In this article, I reflect on these approaches and outline some vibes-based methods. I discuss how vibes-based methods help us consider and work with the generative ambiguities of social life."

Looks like I ordered my White Christmas on Temu...

Throwback to last year's #DuvetKnowItsChristmas when I Harry Potter'd in my parent's storage room 🎅

This year's #DuvetKnowItsChristmas comes with a twist: we dodged an ongoing norovirus outbreak at my parents' house and went to my mother-in-law's instead ❤️

Just realized that my Samsung Galaxy Tab can act as a second monitor for my Windows laptop 🤯🤯🤯

Hazy Christmas in my home town Fredrikstad 🌲 Picture taken from the deck of its amazing, free-of-charge public ferry ❤️

🚨 New article 🚨 In "Elites and ordinariness in cross-status encounters: Adding Goffman's ritual interaction order to sociological interpretations", @andersvassenden.bsky.social develops the sociology of how higher-class people downplay and conceal their status. Open Access 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0001...

Interesting paper for qual researchers conducting online focus groups - when participants choose to type their answer rather than speaking, how can you spot if it's AI generated? by @lucysta02475610.bsky.social, Catherine Preston and @alexandrapike.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I might be 7-8 years late to the party, but the Give Methods a Chance podcast is really nice! It gives accessible intros to various methods (both qual, quant and mixed)👌 thesocietypages.org/methods/ #sociology

Reading list: “Which Cases Do I Need?” Constructing Cases and Observations in Qualitative Research - Collins, Neely & Khan (Annual Review of Sociology, 2024) www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

🚨New publication🚨 My interview with Randall Collins has been published in Theory and Society. In it, we discuss the relevance of his interaction ritual theory in our increasingly digital age. The interview can be read open access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Sociology #commsky

Reading list: David Silverman (2017): How was it for you? The Interview Society and the irresistible rise of the (poorly analyzed) interview journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #sociology #commsky #STS

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Someone finally made a starter pack of academic shitposters 🥳

I started a Starter Pack for folks interested in Work, Organizations, and the Economy, from sociological perspectives. LMK if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/9S2CgcW

Use these hashtags if you want the sociological feed to pick you up! Hey #socsky #sociology #sociological

I refuse to join Bluesky - I don't wanna help build an Umberto Eco chamber

Had fun talking with Daniel Silver about Georg Simmel’s ”Sociology: Inquiries into the Construction of Social Forms" (1908) - thesocietypages.org/theory/2024/... *check out Give Theory a Chance on The Society Pages or stream on your favorite podcast app! #socialtheory #Simmel #sociology

Shout-out to @oskargolsen.bsky.social for winning the University of Oslo's "Dare to know" prize for his MA thesis! The prize is awarded to theses that combine high academic quality with the courage to challenge established truths. Read the thesis here: www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852... #sociology

Too bad Bruno Latour is no longer with us. Imagine the anti critique paper he'd have gotten out of the FDA being run by a 5G-sceptical parasitic brainworm?

starter pack of academic imposters and it's just you

And here is another start pack, for all those interested in the politics of knowledge and expertise ! go.bsky.app/2A9TA3t

I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR

I created a starter pack for people interested in all things social and sociological theory and theorizing. Let me know if I should add anyone. go.bsky.app/ByNfpie

Hello there, new followers! A small PSA: I manage two feeds that might be of relevance, one on #STS and the other on #sociology. Check out the links below: Sociology: bsky.app/profile/did:... STS: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Join our friendly and supportive research environment in Bergen, Norway, to research perceptions of AI in media. Please tell students looking for a fully funded PhD with salary and good conditions! #CommSky

An intriguing aspect of getting tenure is finding time to read books about all the shit you had to endure to get tenure. Pictured below are my top three reads so far. #AcademicSky

I made a starter pack for public interest technology, critical data studies, and related fields. LMK who else I should add, please. #PublicInterestTech #PublicInterestTechnology #DataforSocialGood go.bsky.app/He8HTaC

Incentives for academics have grown increasingly perverse over the last 50 years #AcademicSky www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

For the newbies, one of the great features on here is that when someone has tried to quote-post dunk on you, hit the … and select “detach quote” and nobody will see the post or who wrote it and they will look like an asshole. (Blocking works like this too.)