From Garfinkel's 'Experiments in Miniature' to the Ethnomethodological Analysis of Interaction

Since the 1940s Harold Garfinkel developed ethnomethodology as a distinctive sociological attitude. This sociological attitude turns the focus of the analysis of interaction to the actor's perspective. It suggests that interaction is ongoingly produced through actions that are organized in a re...

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Published in:Human studies 2019-09, Vol.42 (2), p.305-326
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Analysis
Attitudes
Behavior
Education
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Garfinkel, Harold (1917-2011)
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Philosophy
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Political Philosophy
Social interaction
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Sociology
title From Garfinkel's 'Experiments in Miniature' to the Ethnomethodological Analysis of Interaction
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