Using Ethnomethodological Concepts

Choose one of the following:
1. Discuss Garfinkel’s claim in the ‘Agnes’ study that gender status is an achievement. How does this differ from conventional sociological approaches to gender, and what implications does this claim have for our understanding of gender as a social institution?
2. In Telling the Code Wieder gives an account of how the norms of the ‘convict code’ structure social reality inside a “halfway house.” Describe how this structuring is done. How does Wieder’s account differ from more conventional normative explanations of social action?
Write a short essay (4-6 pages)using correct citation practices and bibliography listings. You should use ethnomethodological concepts in formulating your answer to one of the following questions. For example, you might consider whether one or more of the following would be useful: (a) the Documentary Method of Interpretation, (b) Garfinkel’s observations regarding the use of rules to interpret — or make sense of — action, (c) the role of background knowledge, (d) the problem of intersubjectivity, or (e) the “accountability” of action, including how rule/norms are kept in “good repair” through the use of accounts and explanations.

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