Museum studies people: are there any scholarly texts on new forms of museum interpretation -- Specifically label writing?

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration FT (£) on.ft.com/3K9ciGb

We are presenting our data and analysis on the impact of disposable nappies on child health, school readiness, and pollution to MPs in UK Parliament on 5th Nov. If you want your local MP to attend please do contact them. Details here: senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...

Two very important graphs. Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved. The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers. Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Speaking to the #PlanningBill, I say large donations should be on the record before Westminster government makes decisions about major developments. Yes you might call it the Jenrick amendment bit.ly/fulldebatehere

Something I wrote a year ago that’s infuriatingly relevant

Vaccines have saved 154 million lives worldwide since 1974, have driven down infant mortality by 40%… Reducing vaccinations — through access walls or wilful misinformation (RFK Jr’s lunatic theories/claims) — will kill people – adults and children alike. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social looks like BVB will come to Tottenham again this autumn/winter 😃👌

Listen to this success story! 💙 It's a decade since Syrian refugees arrived in Germany. Today, they're an indispensable part of the German workforce – especially in medicine! This is what the media SHOULD be showing you, instead of constantly pandering to the racists who just spread doom and gloom.

Reviewed Symbolic Interaction (@sijournal.bsky.com) by Jason Turowetz (UCSB) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

From the Archive: Des Fitzgerald and Felicity Callard, 'Social Science and Neuroscience beyond Interdisciplinarity: Experimental Entanglements' - an account of the dynamics of interaction across the social sciences and neurosciences. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Advertising campaign on IG promoting #lewisham by @lewisham.gov.uk

Lewisham honours forgotten World War One War heroes at Ladywell and Brockley cemetery #Brockley #LAdywell #Lewishham #SE4 #SE6 #SE8 #SE13 lewisham.gov.uk/articles/new...

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…

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:…

We will be posting images from the award ceremony here - sssiorg.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...

David R. Gibson (Notre Dame) has setup this blog that provides #emca related analyses of current events worthwhile having a read #sssi

Interrogating the foundations from which good science can flow, allows scholars to see that we all have much in common despite important differences. So I wrote this to capture key elements of *all* (social) science - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Facilitating Positive Communication" in Optometry Today #emca #sssi #interactionism - www.aop.org.uk/ot/features/...

The government should lean into citizen science and make citizen testing of water integral to the new regulation of waterways."For the people by the people".

New #EMCA Article in current issue of AJS - "Cross-Cutting Preferences in Interactional Trajectories Toward Violence" by Kevin Whitehead, Geoffrey Raymond and Brett Bowman www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

New on Early View: Philip Lewin discusses “Interpreting Subcultures” edited by Patrick J. Williams https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70007 #sssi #sociology #subcultures #culture We have just published Philip Lewin's’s review of “Interpreting Subcultures. Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying…

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…

My latest visitor to @lsepbs.bsky.social was @marithalvorsen.bsky.social from @oslomet.bsky.social - here we are with @tillyflint.bsky.social who also came to London for our data session with @sylvainet.bsky.social @dirkvl.bsky.social et al at KCL on gender categories 🔎🧐💬 #EMCA

New on Early View: “Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard-of-Hearing Employees” by Ida Friis Thing https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1255 #sssi #sociology #stigma We have just published "Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard-of-Hearing Employees" by Ida Friis…

New on Early View: Richard E. Ocejo discusses “Passionate Work: Choreographing a Dance Career” by Ruth Horowitz #sssi #sociology #culture #dance #career We have just published Richard E. Ocejo's review of "Passionate Work: Choreographing a Dance Career" by Ruth Horowitz on Early View of Symbolic…

New on Early View: Juliana de Oliviera Horst discusses Kate Herrity’s book “Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown”#sssi #sociology #prison #atmosphere We have just published Juliana de Oliviera Horst review of Kate Herrity's book "Sound, Order and Survival in…

New book review in Symbolic Interaction: Julien C. Grayer discusses Brandon A. Jackson's Brotherhood University @rutgersupress.bsky.social

For anyone who's just seen Yvette Cooper talking about the immigration white paper, I set out some of the evidence and facts here. [1/?] www.independent.co.uk/voices/tight...

In commemoration of Jeff Coulter I will post an article or book by him each day this month. 1. Coulter (2008) 25 Theses Against Cognitivism. Theory, Culture and Society 25:2 doi: 10.1177/0263276407086789 #JeffCoulter #EMCA cspeech.ucd.ie/Fred/docs/25...

Great event organised by @asatheory.bsky.social, due to be held on the 16th of May 'Theory & Movements for Social Justice — Virtual Panel' 11am - 1pm CT 'Theory helps us diagnose our conditions, develop strategies, and imagine an emancipatory future'. To register --> asatheory.com/upcoming-eve...

Very sad to hear Jeff Coulter died in hospital in Boston 29-04-25 after a short illness. Jeff leaves a body of work that people will continue to read for years to come, combining insights from ordinary language philosophy and Wittgenstein with EMCA.

@robinjsmith.bsky.social ‘s brilliant addition to our Asymmetries in Action special issue is now available online. #EMCA @francescaorfw.bsky.social

New on Early View: “Categorizational Asymmetries in Context: Producing and Resisting Policeable Scenes” by Robin James Smith https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1246 #sssi #socioloy #categorization #MCA #EMCA #ethnomethodology #Sacks #policing We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in…

New on Early View: "Symposium on Erving Goffman and the Cold War, by Gary D. Jaworski" with contributions by Chiara Bassetti, Stacey Hannem, Gary D. Jaworski and Greg Smith and an introduction by Dirk vom Lehn doi.org/10.1002/symb... #Goffman #sssi #sociology #antitextualism

"Die Wassersicherheit von fast zwei Milliarden Menschen steht damit auf dem Spiel." Via @jensbrodersen.bsky.social

Hear @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social discussing her new book, "The Measure of Progress: Counting what really matters" with @gilliantett.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social in Cambridge on 29th April, 6pm. Book your place: www.waterstones.com/events/the-m...

Ibsen in Brockley with Dulwich Players. southlondon.co.uk/area/lewisha...

#IchBinHanna & der 🐘 senden 1 Botschaft in die Koalitionsverhandlungen! #WissZeitVG @drkeichhorn.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested! #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert

Kürzlich erschienen 🍾 🥳. Theoretische, empirische und praxisbezogene Beiträge zu personaler und funktionaler Bildung im #Deutschunterricht doi.org/10.1007/978-... #deutschdidaktik #bluelz

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

The UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sociology, to support the institute's strong research profile in sociology as well as the delivery of its new MSc in Sociology. Application deadline: 17 April. Further details in the link below.

For our first substantive post, we’d like to draw your attention to our new website (ajs.uchicago.edu) chock-full of useful information for authors, reviewers, and the wider community.

Hello world! We at the AJS are pleased to have our bluesky account all systems go!  We’ll be announcing our issues, accepted papers, and other relevant happenings. Watch this space for more.

Respecifying "motornormativity" (in progress)... “In Garfinkel’s view participants’ actions are not prefigured or even determined by norms and values they have internalized but norms and values are resources they orient to and use to organise their actions.” @dirkvl.bsky.social

New (Special) Issue of Symbolic Interaction: Frame Analysis edited by Iddo Tavory #sssi #sociology #Goffman #interaction #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15338665...

Phillip and April Vannini’s documentary on Underwater Hotels is fascinating watch.shelter.stream/underwater-h... #sssi #sociology

Book The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnomethodology The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnomethodology Edited ByAndrew P. Carlin, Alex Dennis, K. Neil Jenkings, Oskar Lindwall, Michael Mair #sssi #sociology

“Does Kneecap’s Bafta win signal changing UK attitudes to British colonialism in Ireland?” By Finola Kerrigan (University of Birmingham) theconversation.com/does-kneecap...