SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Harold Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology, Philsports Arena
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How differ from everyday self presentation : we play ourselves, but today we used people and made it in to a drama, one way to look at it, we have different selves. Display correct feelings: show not just on surface, but go in a few inches, one needs to convince people, ex. Successful interaction not a given but an accomplishment. Lying, job interview, a date, strangers; new situations; people with high status, famous people, being evaluated, illegal acts. Coordinate acts: mutual understandings, be in role, versus breakdown. Funerals (people usually don"t know what to say) Uncover hidden norms: conversation as a gloss (gloss not clear, but conversations of norms are disregarded) The content is less important than ongoing successful. Affirms both selves: vs threaten them. There are many different little rituals in life being polite, holding doors, offering seats. Greeting rituals: attenuation rule (they weaken)
