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Understanding ethnomethodology: A remedy for some common misconceptions

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The conception of ethnomethodology presented in this paper has been developed through studies with Harold Garfinkel, Melvin Pollner, and Emanuel Schegloff. These views have been influenced by participation in seminars and personal discussions with (in alphabetical order) Stacy Burns, Gail Jefferson, Mike Lynch, Mike Moerman, Anita Pomerantz, Britt Robillard, the late Harvey Sacks, Jim Schenkein, Alene Terasaki, and others. The responsibility for the views presented herein is mine alone; I make no claims regarding authentication by the individuals mentioned above. My views represent the unique combination of my relations with those individuals, with a corpus of literature, and with my own intellectual and research enterprises. This paper has benefited from “expert” comments by Melvin Pollner, George Psathas, and two anonymous reviewers, as well as a penetrating “naive” reading by Howard Kimeldorf.

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Peyrot, M. Understanding ethnomethodology: A remedy for some common misconceptions. Hum Stud 5, 261–283 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02127681

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