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Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Dates: 3rd and 4th March 2025, 9am-2pm each day Coordinators: Michael Mair (Liverpool), Phil Brooker (Liverpool), Chis Elsey (De Montfort) Ethnomethodology – the study of practical methods of action and reasoning, i.e., 'ethno-methods' – and conversation analysis – the study of 'talk-in-interaction' – are grounded in detailed investigations of how people in all manner of sites and settings organise their activities. This short course, which will run over two days with 10 hours of work together, will provide an advanced, hands-on introduction to the unique way both Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis approach the study of social practices. This will be done using 'tutorial problems' centred on the analysis of interactional data collected as part of small-scale fieldwork exercises. Among other things, the short course will look at how ethnographic research, observation, interviewing and survey data can be repurposed, that is, put to work in alternate ways when pursued ethnomethodologically. The foundational ethnomethodological contributions of Garfinkel and Sacks will be the primary focus. Location: University of Liverpool, in person. Monday: 126 Mount Pleasant, Teaching Room 209, Liverpool, L69 3GR. Tuesday: University of Liverpool Management School, Seminar Room 3, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZH. Further details: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/postgraduate-research/pgrtrainingcatalogue/researchmethods/auditmodules/SOCI536/ To register, please contact Michael directly: mdmair@liverpool.ac.uk