Assessment Title: Assignment 1: How much freedom do individuals really have in the creation of their identities? Critically discuss by drawing on the theories and concepts of Interpretivist sociology (such as the work of Erving Goffman and ethnomethodology) and one of the following: 1) Michel Foucault (Post-structuralism) 2) Pierre Bourdieu (Structuralism) Assessment Task: A 3500 word assignment which meets learning outcomes: 1 & 3. Number of Words: 3816/3500. Pages: 20. In sociology
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Breaching Experiment: Peep into a Stranger’s Phone Jia Lu Introduction A folkway has three characteristics. First‚ it is a rule of behavior—what is acceptable by the society‚ what is not. Second‚ the rule is loosely enforced‚ and breaching does not entail serious repercussions. A person can be arrested if he breaks the law‚ for instance; but only eyeballed or laughed at if he breaches a folkway. Third‚ a folkway is rooted in social and cultural context. In most areas of China‚ for example‚ eating
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2007. Explaining Social Behavior. More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Frank‚ M. 1984. What is Neostructuralism? trans. Sabine Wilke Gray‚ foreword by Martin Swab Garfinkel‚ H. 1967. Studies in Ethnomethodology. Cambridge: Polity Press‚ 1984. Giddens‚ A. 1976. New Rules of Sociological Method. A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies. Giddens‚ A. 1984. The Constitution of Society. Outline of the Theory of Structuration. Berkeley and Los Angeles:
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Garfinkel suggested Ethnomethodology the study of the commonsense knowledge that people use to understand the situations in which they find themselves. The expectancies of a person while interacting with another. While you are hanging out with your friends having conversations you
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Outline the key strands of the sociology of work! The term work is expressed as performing duties involving the use of psychological and physical energy‚ for the purpose of the manufacture of goods and services in order to achieve an individuals needs (Gedden’s 2008). There are six key areas of thought in the sociology of work these include “managerial psychologist”‚ Durkheim systems”‚ Interactionist”‚ Weber Interpretivist”‚ Marxian and “Post structuralise and Post Modern” (Watson 2008). Sociology
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Interpretivism Three Forms of Interpretivism Interpretivism has formed many of the above critiques of naturalism. Interpretivism rests upon idealism. Idealism holds the view that the world is the creation of mind; the world is interpreted through the mind; e.g.‚ classificatory schemes (such as the classificatory scheme of species into mammals‚ insects‚ birds‚ etc.‚ or of the human population into caucasians‚ negroids and mongoloids). Given this‚ we cannot know the ‘true’ nature of the object
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Sociological Theories A sociological theory is a set of ideas that provides an explanation for human society. Theories are selective in terms of their priorities and perspectives and the data they define as significant. As a result they provide a particular and partial view of reality. Sociological theories can be grouped together according to a variety of criteria. The most important of these is the distinction between Structural and Social action theories. Structural‚ or macro perspectives
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his partners which are Emanuel Schegloff and Gail Jefferson at the University of California in the 1960s. It was developed in an intellectual environment shaped by Goffman’s work on the moral underpinnings of social interaction and Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology focusing on the interpretive procedures underlying social action. Sacks started to study the real-time sequential ordering of actions which are rules‚ patterns‚ and structures in the relations between actions. Thereby‚ he made a radical shift
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classify the events that they experience. Objectification is the process that existence of these object. Internalization has happened when knowledge about social institutions and structures is communicated back to members of society. Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology is focused on how social order‚ social institutions‚ and social structure emerged from shared mundane interactions among ordinary people in their everyday lives. The social interactionism of Mead and Blumer discussed the way of interpretations
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THE SCOPE AND NATURE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SFR780 GOODWIN TWO CULTURES OF RESEARCH* Humanistic Research Natural Science Research Individuals and relations Properties or attributes of objects Development is of interest to the researcher Objects normally are not assumed to change during course of study Intensive study of small number of individuals Objects/individuals studied in natural surroundings Study many specimens‚ sample
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