Hardesty1982

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Hardesty1982
BibType ARTICLE
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Author(s) Monica J. Hardesty
Title Ethnomethodology and symbolic interactionism: a critical comparison of temporal orientations
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Tag(s) EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Time, Symbolic interactionism
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Year 1982
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Journal Symbolic Interaction
Volume 5
Number 1
Pages 127–137
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DOI 10.1525/si.1982.5.1.127
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Abstract

For some time, sociologists have called for the study of the temporal characteristics of social life. Ethnomethodology and Symbolic Interactionism are two sociological theories which have begun to develop analyses of social timing. In this report, exemplary research efforts from each perspective are examined and evaluated along the temporal dimensions of the past, order, sequence, and the future. It is shown that research methods are key in elaborating or hindering the study of temporality. Specifically, Symbolic Interactionists' strategies have allowed a rich temporal orientation to be developed and specified whereas strategies employed by Ethnomethodologists have resulted in research that is confined to the immediate realm of experience and thereby have been narrow in temporal scope.

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