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SoCIOLOGY II (sow106)
SocIAL INTERACTION
AND EVERYDAY LIFE
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2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO STUDY DAILY LIFE?
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Individuals’ day-to-day routines give structure and form to what we do; we can learn a great deal about ourselves as social beings, and about social life itself, from studying them.
The study of everyday life reveals to us how humans can act creatively to shape reality.
Studying social interaction in everyday life sheds light on larger social systems and institutions.
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4. Non-Verbal Communication
Facial Expressions
Gestures
Movements of the Body
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The study of ordinary talk and conversation has come to be called 'ethnomethodology', a term first coined by Harold Garfinkel.
Ethnomethodology is the analysis of the ways in which we actively - although usually in a taken-for-granted way - make sense of what others mean by what they say and do.
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Unfocused Interaction
Focused Interaction
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7. ERVING GOFFMAN and YOU: Tactful INATTENTION
Encounters always need 'openings', which indicate that civil inattention is being discarded.
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REFERENCES
Bennett, T. and Watsons, D. (eds.) (2002). Understanding Everyday Life. Oxford: Blackwell.
Francis, D. and Hester, S. (2004). An Invitation to Ethnomethodology: Language, Society and Interaction. London: Sage.
Goffman, E [1969]. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
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