Mair2013

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Mair2013
BibType ARTICLE
Key Mair2013
Author(s) Michael Mair, Chris Elsey, Patrick G. Watson, Paul V. Smith
Title Interpretive asymmetry, retrospective inquiry and the explication of action in an incident of friendly fire
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Tag(s) sociology of knowledge, friendly fire, interpretive asymmetries, retrospective inquiry, ethnomethodology, EMCA
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Year 2013
Language English
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Journal Symbolic Interaction
Volume 36
Number 4
Pages 398–416
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DOI 10.1002/symb.78
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Abstract

In this article, we examine a controversial friendly fire incident that took place during the early stages of the Iraq war. Our focus is on how a cockpit video of the incident was used post facto in a military inquiry to arrive at an understanding of the actions of the pilots involved. We shall concentrate specifically on a series of interpretive difficulties that highlighted the problematic status of the video as evidence and explore what their resolution might tell us about military practice, and the place of friendly fire within it more broadly.

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