face to face interactions and autism

Hi all

I came across an interesting article on face to face interaction in autistic adults this afternoon.

It might not be right for everybody as it is written from a quite academic perspective and is pretty "information dense".

Anyway I thought I would share it as it might be an interesting thing to stimulate discussion.

here's the link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/symb.70017 

or if that's not a good way for you to access it then it's title is 

Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”

and is written by 

Prof. Lars E. F. Johannessen

which you could look up if you want to.

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  • (2025) "Lars E. F. Johannessen is a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Professions in Norway.

    His research spans cultural sociology, microsociology, and science and technology studies, focusing on topics such as prestige evaluations in medicine, priority setting in emergency departments, the implementation of new technologies in schools, and the microsociology of autism.

    Johannessen earned his PhD from Oslo Metropolitan University in 2018, and his work has been published in journals such
    as New Media & Society, Poetics, Symbolic Interaction, Sociology of Health & Illness, and European Societies.

    He is also the founder and leader of the Norwegian Microsociological Network."

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    People might recognise Prof Johannessen's name from his involvement (2022) in "Student At A Distance".

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    (2023) Lars E.F. Johannessen is a sociologist and postdoc with research on digitalisation, culture, interactionism and professions.

    He has done several qualitative studies of health and social care, including a PhD on the relationship between discretion and standardisation in the decision making of healthcare professionals.

    Johannessen is now (2022) working on a case study of the telepresence robot AV1.

    The project finds inspiration in cultural sociology and science and technology studies, and explores the development, marketing, implementation and effects of the robot.

    Student At A Distance:

    www.tandfonline.com/.../03054985.2022.2034610

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  • (2025) "Lars E. F. Johannessen is a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Professions in Norway.

    His research spans cultural sociology, microsociology, and science and technology studies, focusing on topics such as prestige evaluations in medicine, priority setting in emergency departments, the implementation of new technologies in schools, and the microsociology of autism.

    Johannessen earned his PhD from Oslo Metropolitan University in 2018, and his work has been published in journals such
    as New Media & Society, Poetics, Symbolic Interaction, Sociology of Health & Illness, and European Societies.

    He is also the founder and leader of the Norwegian Microsociological Network."

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    People might recognise Prof Johannessen's name from his involvement (2022) in "Student At A Distance".

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    (2023) Lars E.F. Johannessen is a sociologist and postdoc with research on digitalisation, culture, interactionism and professions.

    He has done several qualitative studies of health and social care, including a PhD on the relationship between discretion and standardisation in the decision making of healthcare professionals.

    Johannessen is now (2022) working on a case study of the telepresence robot AV1.

    The project finds inspiration in cultural sociology and science and technology studies, and explores the development, marketing, implementation and effects of the robot.

    Student At A Distance:

    www.tandfonline.com/.../03054985.2022.2034610

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