Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures of Practical Action

ISBN-13: 9781032116273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 328 str.

Opis

This book revisits the arguments by which Harvey Sacks and Harold Garfinkel opposed the widespread attempt in the social sciences to construct disciplinary theories and methods in place of common-sense knowledge of human action and calls for a renewal of their radical alternative.

Spis treści

Introduction. Part I: Foundations 1. On Formal Structures of Practical Action. 2. Sequential Analysis as an Investigation of Formal Structures of Practical Action. 3. Ethnomethodological Studies of Work. Part II: Conversation Analysis. 4. Autonomous Structures of Conversational Actions. 5. Technical and Vernacular Description. Part III: Studies of Work and Organisational Contexts. 6. Institutional Talk. 7. Workplace and Work-Practice Studies. Part IV: Normalising EMCA. 8. Importing Constructive Analytic Theory and Method. 9. The Problem with Collections. 10. A Case Study: Apologies and Constructive Analysis. 11. Conclusion. References.