Naslov
Qualitative Research and Ethnomethodology in the Treatment Clubs of Alcoholics

Autori
Golik-Gruber, Vesna ; Halmi, Aleksandar ; Ogresta, Jelena

Izvornik
Alcoholism (0002-502X) 40 (2004), 1; 29-44

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
qualitative research; ethnomethodology; participant observation; ethnography; conversation analysis; institutional interaction

Sažetak
This paper provides a discussion of qualitative research methods from an ethnomethodological perspective. It is an attempt to explore the possible research stances available to the researcher involved in the participant observation of Treatment Clubs of Alcoholics (TCA). It examines some ethnographic studies of TCA, within both hermeneutic and symbolic interactionism research paradigms. However, mindful of the constitutive nature of language in social interaction and also wishing to focus on TCA as a discoursal process, ethnomethodological approaches are examined, particularly the insights available through Conversational Analysis (CA) and Institutional Interaction. The authors text explores the complex relation between the more traditional methods of qualitative social research and the discipline of ethnomethodology. The methods of scrutiny available through these approaches - the emphasis on data and fine-grained detail as well as the context sensitivity available to the acculturated observer – it is argued, make the ethnomethodological approach eminently appropriate in terms of exploring the reflexive relationship between TCA discourse and its social organisation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Socijalne djelatnosti

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