Publications of Rod Watson
2025
[38]Andrew P. Carlin, Rod Watson, Sheena Murdoch, (2025), "The Emergence of Ethnomethodology as a Collaborative Accomplishment", In The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnomethodology (Andrew P. Carlin, Alex Dennis, K. Neil Jenkings, Oskar Lindwall, Michael Mair, eds.), Abingdon, UK, Routledge, pp. 80–90. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2024
[37]Andrew Carlin, Joana Brás Varanda Marques, Rod Watson, (2024), "Encountered astronomy: Aesthetics and authenticity in the public communication of science", Ethnographic Studies, vol. 20, pp. 46-67. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2019
[36]Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Jill Palzkill Woelfer, (2019), "The Skype Paradox: Homelessness and Selective Intimacy in the Use of Communications Technology", In Skyping the Family: Interpersonal Video Communication and Domestic Life (Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Christian Licoppe, eds.), Amsterdam, John Benjamins, pp. 147–174. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[35]Richard Harper, Sean Rintel, Rod Watson, Kenton O'Hara, (2019), "The ‘Interrogative Gaze’: Making Video Calling and Messaging ‘Accountable’", In Skyping the Family: Interpersonal Video Communication and Domestic Life (Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Christian Licoppe, eds.), Amsterdam, John Benjamins, pp. 19–50. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[34]Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Christian Licoppe, (2019), "Interpersonal Video Communication as a Site of Human Sociality", In Skyping the Family: Interpersonal Video Communication and Domestic Life (Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Christian Licoppe, eds.), Amsterdam, John Benjamins, pp. 1–18. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[33]Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Christian Licoppe, (2019), "Skyping the Family: Interpersonal Video Communication and Domestic Life", Amsterdam, John Benjamins. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2017
[32]Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Jill Palzkill Woelfer, (2017), "The Skype paradox: homelessness and selective intimacy in the use of communications technology", Pragmatics, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 447–474. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[31]Richard Harper, Rod Watson, Christian Licoppe, (2017), "Interpersonal video communication as a site of human sociality", Pragmatics, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 301–318. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[30]Richard Harper, Sean Rintel, Rod Watson, Kenton O'Hara, (2017), "The ‘interrogative gaze': Making video calling and messaging ‘accountable'", Pragmatics, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 319–350. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2015
[29]D. Rod Watson, (2015), "De-Reifiying Categories", In Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis (Richard Fitzgerald, William Housley, eds.), London, Sage, pp. 23-50. [bibtex] [edit]
2014
[28]D. Rod Watson, (2014), "Trust in interpersonal interaction and cloud computing", In Trust, Computing, and Society (Richard H. R. Harper, ed.), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 172–198. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2012
[27]Rod Watson, Andrew P. Carlin, (2012), "‘Information’: praxeological considerations", Human Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 327–345. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2009
[26]Rod Watson, (2009), "Analysing Practical and Professional Texts: A Naturalistic Approach", Farnham, Surey, U.K., Ashgate. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf]
[25]Rod Watson, (2009), "Harvey Sacks", In The Pragmatics of Interaction (Sigurd D’hondt, Jan-Ola Östman, Jef Verschueren, eds.), Amsterdam / Philadelphia, John Benjamins, pp. 206–214. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[24]D. Rod Watson, (2009), "Constitutive Practices and Garfinkel’s Notion of Trust: Revisited", Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 475–499. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[23]Christian Greiffenhagen, Rod Watson, (2009), "Visual repairables: analysing the work of repair in human-computer interaction", Visual Communication, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 65–90. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2008
[22]D. Rod Watson, Jeff Coulter, (2008), "The debate over cognitivism", Theory, Culture & Society, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 1–17. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
2006
[21]Rod Watson, (2006), "Tacit knowledge", Theory, Culture & Society, vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 208–210. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[20]Rod Watson, (2006), "La confiance comme phenomene pour la sociologie", In Les Moments de la confiance (Albert Ogien, Louis Quéré, eds.), Paris, Economica, pp. 143–168. [bibtex] [edit]
2005
[19]D. Rod Watson, (2005), "The visibility arrangements of urban public space: Conceptual resources and methodological issues in analysing pedestrian movements.", Communication and Cognition, vol. 38, no. 3-4, pp. 201–226. [bibtex] [edit]
2000
[18]Rod Watson, (2000), "The Character of “Institutional Talk”: A Response to Hester and Francis", Text, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 377–391. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
1999
[17]Rod Watson, (1999), "Driving in Forests and Mountains: A Pure and Applied Ethnography", Ethnographic Studies, vol. 4, no. 50-60. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf]
[16]Rod Watson, (1999), "Reading Goffman on Interaction", In Goffman and Social Organization: Studies in a Sociologcial Legacy (Greg Smith, ed.), London, Routledge, pp. 138–155. [bibtex] [edit]
1997
[15]Rod Watson, (1997), "Some general reflections on ‘categorization’ and ‘sequence’ in the analysis of conversation", In Culture in Action: Studies in Membership Categorization Analysis (Peter Eglin, Stephen Hester, eds.), Washington, D.C., University Press of America, pp. 49–76. [bibtex] [edit]
[14]Rod Watson, (1997), "Ethnomethodology and textual analysis", In Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice (David Silverman, ed.), London, Sage, pp. 80-98. [bibtex] [edit]
1994
[13]Rod Watson, (1994), "Catégories, séquentialité et ordre social: un nouveau regard sur l’oeuvre de Sacks", L'enquête sur les catégories: de Durkheim à Sacks (Bernard Fradin, Louis Quéré, Jean Widmer, eds.), Paris, EHESS, pp. 151–184. [bibtex] [edit]
[12]Rod Watson, (1994), "Harvey Sacks’s sociology of mind in action", Theory, Culture & Society, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 169–186. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
1989
[11]Christian Heath, D. Rod Watson, (1989), "Some pre observations on a case of human-computer interaction", Langage et travail, pp. 290-298. [bibtex] [edit]
1988
[10]Wes W. Sharrock, D. Rod Watson, (1988), "Talk and police work: notes on the traffic in information", In Working with Language: A Multidisciplinary Consideration of Language Use in Work Contexts (Hywel Coleman, ed.), Berlin, De Gruyter, pp. 431–449. [bibtex] [edit]
[9]Rod Watson, Wes W. Sharrock, (1988), "Autonomy among social theories: the incarnation of social structures", In Actions and Structure: Research Methods and Social Theory (Nigel G. Fielding, ed.), London, Sage, pp. 56–77. [bibtex] [edit]
1986
[8]D. Rod Watson, (1986), "Doing the organizations work: an examination of a crisis intervention centre", In Discourse and Institutional Authority: Medicine, Education, and Law (Sue Fisher, Alexandra Dundas Todd, eds.), Norwood, NJ, Ablex, pp. 91–120. [bibtex] [edit]
1984
[7]Wes Sharrock, D. Rod Watson, (1984), "What’s the point of rescuing motives?", British Journal of Sociology, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 435–451. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
1983
[6]Rod Watson, (1983), "Goffman, talk and interaction: some modulated responses", Theory, Culture and Society, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 103–108. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
[5]D. Rod Watson, (1983), "The presentation of victim and motive in discourse: the case of police interrogations and interviews", Victimology, vol. 8, no. 1-2, pp. 31–52. [bibtex] [edit]
1981
[4]D. Rod Watson, (1981), "Conversational and organisational uses of proper names: an aspect of counsellor-client interaction", In Medical Work: Realities and Routines (Paul Atkinson, Christian Heath, eds.), Farnborough, Gower, pp. 91–106. [bibtex] [edit]
1980
[3]John Heritage, D. Rod Watson, (1980), "Aspects of the properties of formulations in natural conversations: Some instances analysed", Semiotica, vol. 30, no. 3-4, pp. 245–262. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]
1979
[2]John Heritage, D. Rod Watson, (1979), "Formulations as conversational objects", In Everyday Language: Studies in Ethnomethodology (George Psathas, ed.), New York, London, Irvington, pp. 123–162. [bibtex] [edit]
1978
[1]D. Rod Watson, (1978), "Categorization, authorization and blame-negotiation in conversation", Sociology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 105–113. [bibtex] [edit] [pdf] [doi]