ethnomethodologyn.
/ˌɛθnəʊˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɛθnoʊˌmɛθəˈdɑlədʒi/ Social Sciences.
A style of sociological analysis associated with Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), which seeks to determine and analyse the cognitive models or methods which participants employ in ordinary social situations.
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ethnomethodology1963
1963 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 28 928/1 The work is part of the Conference on Ethnomethodology under the leadership of Harold Garfinkel.
1967 H. Garfinkel Stud. Ethnomethodol. i. 11 I use the term ‘ethnomethodology’ to refer to the investigation of the rational properties of indexical expressions and other practical actions as contingent ongoing accomplishments of organized artful practices of everyday life.
1978 M. Douglas Cultural Bias i. 5 Sociology finds even Cicourel's cogent form of ethnomethodology difficult to accept.
1984 Rev. Eng. Stud. 35 428 This work has left sociological positivism undisturbed at heart, and so has ethno-methodology.
2011 Guardian 14 July 34/2 Ethnomethodology was taken up in fields such as social anthropology, communication and information science, education studies, and science and technology studies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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