Ethnographies of ordinary moments

摘要: This exploration into social meanings packs along with it an assumption that studies have yet to arrive at any ‘moment’ of potential in which they can confidently set about describing human behaviour a way makes the topic analytically familiar, and therefore warrants analysis. Indeed, I take for now people’s actions are new strange. There is small band ‘self-disciplined’ who view landscapes around them fresh eyes; occasional philosopher, some historians, ethnomethodologists, conversation analysts, plus few anthropologists ethnographers. But exceptions. The problem appears be this: Because everyone, analyst lay person, committed expert on behaviour, very felt need attempt agreement details; example, profoundly-social properties language we all use describe it. Practitioners natural science not simply observing reality but displaying also their astonishment, frustrations, equivocations, justifications, agreements, criticisms, relief, other tokens If early astronomers chemists had advantage, was lack experts bending ears. Accumulating empirical descriptions events will necessarily result progressive discipline, only workable philosophy leaves landscape unchanged. After that, knows? offers more towards warrant than what currently stands as science. In following chapters, reader find objects appear court law, settings involve like gloss humour, laughter, play. analytic logic these before action knows how do (such reference something hidden behind or within). type understanding features growing canon project aspires.