»Those good at describing structure are notoriously bad when it comes to teaching. They forget the action itself, enamored as they are with elegant reasoning«

David Sudnow, Pilgrim in the Microworld, Ch.8

#Ethnomethodology #games #learning

"This book is a document of Sudnow’s obsessive process, a journal of the hours paid in service of playing the game in a subjectively perceived ideal manner, and then switching that up in an almost flippant reversal to enjoy the game on its own terms and finding a sweet spot in the middle."

https://unwinnable.com/2020/05/07/1983-and-the-future-of-videogame-writing/

#gamestudies #ethnomethodology #retrogaming

Me and Michael Mair (University of Liverpool) are running an Ethnomethodology Summer School 11-15 August, for interested applicants currently undertaking Masters or PhD studies in a social-sciences-relevant area. See link for detail: http://bit.ly/44xYwom

##ethnomethodology #sociology #emca

I've built another thing. A thing for doing #sociology and #ethnomethodology as applied to the study of music. Here's a thread on it, which I will call #ResonantCascade.

The sociology of music is typically, perhaps counter-intuitively, not focused on music-making very directly. In fact, it focuses on almost anything BUT music-making (the music industry, music consumption, class taste and distinction in music preference, etc)...

A while back I shared some pics of some music/sound-making devices I've been messing around with, with the idea of a 'sociology/ethnomethodology of sound' in mind (https://mastodon.online/@pdbrooker/114314254754067833). Using devices and maker-skills as a way to engage with the social life of technology and objects broadly, and sound specifically. I've sort of expanded on this a little (thread incoming!) and would love to know peoples' thoughts as these things develop!

#sociology #ethnomethodology #electronics #3dprinting