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ethnomethodology

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eth·no·meth·od·ol·o·gy  (thn-mth-dl-j)
n.
The branch of sociology that deals with the codes and conventions that underlie everyday social interactions and activities.

ethno·method·olo·gist n.

ethnomethodology [ˌɛθnəʊmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Linguistics) a method of studying linguistic communication that emphasizes common-sense views of conversation and the world Compare phenomenology


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95 Hardcover Directions in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis B63 Three British social scientists take up the defense of Peter Winch's 1958 monograph the Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy.
Dourish used Suchman's attempt to use ethnomethodology (53) to bring a sociological understanding of interaction, ultimately arguing that "interaction is intimately connected with the settings in which it occurs.
Derived from the principles and beliefs of ethnomethodology (Garfinkel, 1967), conversation analysis is a significant domain that interprets the patterns through which people handle conversations.
 
 
 
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