Sociology 2270A/B Chapter Notes -Harold Garfinkel, Conversation Analysis, Ethnomethodology

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2270A/B
• Professor: Agata Piekosz

Document Summary

Ethnomethodology how people make sense of their world by understanding the members, accounts and accounting in society: created by harold garfinkel. Involves social facts looks at both macrosociology and microsociology & the accomplishments made by the members: examines the actions the members use in terms of their accounts. Studies of institutional settings exams both casual and institutional settings, exploring how the tasks are accomplished within these settings. Disputants address their remark without putting blame. Mediation is not the same as normal conversation the interactions are handled completely different. Conversation analysis exploring how conversations are structured, and what is achieved and accomplished during the conversation: the collection of data on conversation, the smallest detail is essential to a conversation. Interaction are stable and independent: there needs to organization to the conversation. Interested in the structure of the conversation. Laughter understanding why people laugh, and what cues them to start laughing.