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{{Announcement
|Announcement Type=Conference, Workshop, Symposium
|Full title=New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026
|Short title=NDEM 2026
|Short summary=The next iteration of the "New Developments in Ethnomethodology" will take place at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) in Sierre, from 27 to 29 May 2026. Call for abstracts open until 12 January 2026.
|Announcement text=Hybrid Studies: Of Work, Talk, and Technology (New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026) 

Date and location: 27. – 29. 5. 2026, Sierre (Valais), Switzerland 

Organizers: 

- Jakub Mlynář (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) 

- Philippe Sormani (University of Siegen / Zurich University of the Arts) 

- Clemens Eisenmann (University of Siegen / University of Konstanz) 

The New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026 meeting aims to revisit, discuss, and advance “hybrid studies” (Garfinkel 2002) that probe the nexus of work, talk, and technology. More broadly, the meeting may engage with “practical or applied research” that is “done by outsiders who are also insiders” (Rawls 2002: 40), be it current ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EM/CA) or related fields (e.g., media studies, human–computer interaction, science and technology studies). Keeping hybridity at the centre of discussion, we encourage and welcome contributions from researchers across EM/CA and related fields who are interested and involved in studies of practical action and practical reasoning in “naturally organized ordinary activities,” “studies of work” and “the workplace,” studies of “talk-in-interaction,” and their relationships, and/or their contribution(s) to the development, testing, deployment, or critique of communicative and other technologies.

Read the full extended abstract here: https://www.academia.edu/145370132/CALL_FOR_ABSTRACTS_Hybrid_Studies_Of_Work_Talk_and_Technology_New_Developments_in_Ethnomethodology_2026_27_29_May_2026

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We invite researchers interested in presenting their work to submit a title and an abstract of approximately 300 words (excluding references) by 12 January 2026 to jakub.mlynar@hevs.ch. Notification regarding the inclusion of your contribution in the programme will be provided at the beginning of February.
|Year=2026
|Categories (tags)=Uncategorized;
|To date=2026/05/30
|Address=Technopole, Sierre, Switzerland
|Location=46.29413, 7.53354
|Abstract due=2026/01/12
|Submission deadline=2026/01/12
|Notification date=2026/02/12
}}