Ethnomethodology and Qualitative Research in Health Sciences: observing, listening and discribing

After recalling the theoretical reversal made by ethnomethodology and the frequent misinterpretations associated with it, this article develops some of the features of ethnomethodology, as a sociology of practical achievements, which seeks to investigate the practice of ordinary social actors who co...

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Autor: Coulon, Alain
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)
Repositorio:Revista da FAEEBA (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.uneb.br:article/7865
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.uneb.br/index.php/faeeba/article/view/7865
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ethnomethodology
Observing
Listening
Description
Etnometodologia
Observar
Escutar
Descrever
Ethnomethodologie
Observer
Ecouter
Descripción
Sumario:After recalling the theoretical reversal made by ethnomethodology and the frequent misinterpretations associated with it, this article develops some of the features of ethnomethodology, as a sociology of practical achievements, which seeks to investigate the practice of ordinary social actors who constantly apply their socialskills through their “practical sociological reasoning”. This competence is not restricted to a few, such as sociologists for example, but is practiced by all human beings in their daily exchanges. Taking into account this founding aspect, the article develops, in accordance to certain concepts of ethnomethodology, three “elementary” operations that any researcher in the fields of health or education, and more generallyin the social and human sciences, can easily carry out: observation, listening, and description.