Chapter Outline

I. Defining Ethnomethodology

A. Harold Garfinkel: A Biographical Sketch

II. The Diversification of Ethnomethodology

A. Studies of Institutional Settings

B. Conversation Analysis

III. Some Early Examples

A. Breaching Experiments

1. Figure: Breaching in Tic-Tac-Toe

B. Accomplishing Gender

IV. Conversation Analysis

A. Telephone Conversations: Identification and Recognition

B. Initiating Laughter

C. Generating Applause

1. Contrast

2. List

3. Puzzle Solution

4. Headline

5. Combinations

6. Position Taking

7. Pursuit

D. Booing

E. The Interactive Emergence of Sentences and Stories

F. Formulations

G. Integration of Talk and Nonvocal Activities

H. Doing Shyness (and Self-Confidence)

V. Studies of Institutions

A. Job Interviews

B. Executive Negotiations

C. Calls to Emergency Centers

D. Dispute Resolution in Mediation Hearings

VI. Criticisms of Traditional Sociology

A. Confusing Topic and Resource

VII. Stresses and Strains in Ethnomethodology

VIII. Synthesis and Integration

A. Ethnomethodology and the Micro-Macro Order

IX. Summary