EMCA Seminar: Spring-Summer of 2017
Time: 15:10-17:00,Tuesdays
Place: Room 303, 3rd Floor, "the Frontier" Building, Rokkodai-Campus, Kobe University
Shiro Kashimura
Professor, School of Law
Kobe University
Theme: Ethnomethodology outside the Studies in 1960's
The EMCA Seminar in Spring/Summer of 2017 continues the 2016 seminar and further examines Harold Garfinkel's unpublished works in 1960's. They were not included in the Studies in Ethnomethodology (Garfinkel 1967) possibly or apparently for some reasons. The materials include: a collaborated paper by Garfinkel and Harvey Sacks, "On 'Setting' in Conversation"delivered at ASA San Francisco Annual Meeting, Section on Sociolinguistics, on August 31, 1967: the papers from the roundtable session on "Reasonable Accounts" by Garfinkel, Sacks, Egon Bittner & Edward Rose at the 16th World Affairs Conference, University of Colorado, 1963: and Parsons' Primer (1960-63) .
Part I. On "Setting" in Conversation
"On 'Setting' in Conversation" (Garfinkel & Sacks, 1967) is a paper read at the Sociolinguistic Section of ASA San Francisco Annual Meeting and is mentioned in "Formal Structures of Practical Actions" (Garfinkel & Sacks, 1969, 1986) as its early version. The content of the paper in large part overlaps with the "Formal Structures" paper but differs in that it focuses on the issue of repairing the indexicals more clearly than the published version of the paper, while it differs from the later version in that it does not contain many discussions of the "Formal Structures" paper, e.g. discussions on ethnomethodological indifference and glossing practices among others.
[1] June 6 "On 'Setting' in Conversation"
The text of the paper and other useful materials are on the materials page (password required). -> LINK
Part II. Roundtable on "Reasonable Accounts": transcripts of the talks delivered at Sixteenth Annual Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado, April 11 and 12, 1963.
[2]
Harold Garfinkel "Mocking Up the Rules of Everyday Activities" Dear EMCA Seminar participants;
Garfinkel dealt with the following themes in this paper:
- Sociological theorizing as odd enterprise
- Social structures and sociological formulations
- Investigating the impact of sex norm in matching people
- Coates’ story of “The Law” (of the night the law of average fails)
- Two structures: achieved pattern and subject’s production
- Plastic engine (the concept of mock-up)
- Rules and norms as mock-ups of everyday activities used by sociologists
- Reasonable accounts as used by sociologists
- The concept of game rules being not-applicable as the rules for everyday activities:the odd temporary character. the irrelevance of personal character, the discrepancies between formal rules and actual actions
- Characteristics of everyday rules: et cetera (and so forth) clause, pretense of agreement, let it pass and unless, factum valet
- Announcement of the program of ethno-methodology
[3]
Harvey Sacks "More on Mock-Ups"
[4]
Egon Bittner "Ethical Symbols"
[5]
Harold Garfinkel "Reasonable Accounts"
[6]
Edward Rose, Harvey Sacks, Egon Bittner, and Harold Garfinkel "Translations"
Part III. PARSONS PRIMER - "AD HOC" USES (Draft - June 1960)
p.1 - p.9 Chapter I
p.10 - p.44 Chapter II INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS TO THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL ORDER
p.45 - p.78 Chapter III THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL ORDER
p.79 - p.120 Chapter IV "ADEQUATE' DESCRIPTIONS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
[NOTE: Garfinkel wrote at the end of Chapter IV "(Insert at this point a summary of the preceding four chapters so as to make a transition to Chapter V which presents an illustrative case of a structured analysis by Parsons.)"(p.120), then apparently inserted "preliminary draft February 8?, 1963 Parsons' Solution to the Problem of Social Order as a Method for Making Everyday Activities Observable 'From the Actor's Point of View'" (ending at p.179). So, p.1 - 3, p. 123 - p. 179 Preliminary Draft February 8, 1963 Parsons Solution to the Problem of Social Order as a Method for Making Everyday Activities Observable "From the Actor's Point of View" is inserted.
p.1 - p.47 Chapter ECONOMY, POLITY, MONEY, AND POWER
p.1 - p.29 Chapter PARTIAL DRAFT OF MATERIALS ON 1940 ARTICLE ON STRATIFICATION - AD HOC PARSONS
p.1 - p.41 Chapter PARTIAL DRAFT FOR ILLUSTRATIVE USE OF "STRUCTURED STRAIN"
p.1 - p.128 Chapter PARTIAL DRAFT AND NOTE FOR A CHAPTER ON VALUES
Additional Information:
(1) The change of schedule will be announced on this page.
(2) The class schedule may be changed considering the seminar participants' needs to present their own research to the class or by other contingencies; then the classes will move down accordingly.
(3) The Paper on "Parsons' Solution" was read in our 2014 seminar, so we will skip this part.
(4) On-line internet participation to the seminar will be possible via Skype or FaceTime depending on the Kobe University's network (KHAN)'s capacity. Please let me know about the expected on-line participation in advance for necessary arrangements.
(5) The early publications and biographical events in Garfinkel's scholarly life are listed in my sites: Formative Steps of Ethnomethodology, and Ethnomethodology after 1970 - Suggestions and Informations to be added to these sites are welcomed.
(6) Changes and additions in this site will be announced on twitter and Facebook.
Materials:
-> 2016-17 Fall-WInter Seminar Materials (Password Required)
Additional Information:
MAP -> LINK to Kobe University Access Map (The "frontier" building is the building, No 29.)
While this is a credited course for the graduate students of legal sociology of Kobe University, anyone who is interested is welcome to attend (without credits).
Time: 15:10-17:00,Tuesdays
Place: Room 303, 3rd Floor, "the Frontier" Building, Rokkodai-Campus, Kobe University
Shiro Kashimura
Professor, School of Law
Kobe University
Theme: Ethnomethodology outside the Studies in 1960's
The EMCA Seminar in Spring/Summer of 2017 continues the 2016 seminar and further examines Harold Garfinkel's unpublished works in 1960's. They were not included in the Studies in Ethnomethodology (Garfinkel 1967) possibly or apparently for some reasons. The materials include: a collaborated paper by Garfinkel and Harvey Sacks, "On 'Setting' in Conversation"delivered at ASA San Francisco Annual Meeting, Section on Sociolinguistics, on August 31, 1967: the papers from the roundtable session on "Reasonable Accounts" by Garfinkel, Sacks, Egon Bittner & Edward Rose at the 16th World Affairs Conference, University of Colorado, 1963: and Parsons' Primer (1960-63) .
Part I. On "Setting" in Conversation
"On 'Setting' in Conversation" (Garfinkel & Sacks, 1967) is a paper read at the Sociolinguistic Section of ASA San Francisco Annual Meeting and is mentioned in "Formal Structures of Practical Actions" (Garfinkel & Sacks, 1969, 1986) as its early version. The content of the paper in large part overlaps with the "Formal Structures" paper but differs in that it focuses on the issue of repairing the indexicals more clearly than the published version of the paper, while it differs from the later version in that it does not contain many discussions of the "Formal Structures" paper, e.g. discussions on ethnomethodological indifference and glossing practices among others.
[1] June 6 "On 'Setting' in Conversation"
The text of the paper and other useful materials are on the materials page (password required). -> LINK
Part II. Roundtable on "Reasonable Accounts": transcripts of the talks delivered at Sixteenth Annual Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado, April 11 and 12, 1963.
[2]
Harold Garfinkel "Mocking Up the Rules of Everyday Activities" Dear EMCA Seminar participants;
Garfinkel dealt with the following themes in this paper:
- Sociological theorizing as odd enterprise
- Social structures and sociological formulations
- Investigating the impact of sex norm in matching people
- Coates’ story of “The Law” (of the night the law of average fails)
- Two structures: achieved pattern and subject’s production
- Plastic engine (the concept of mock-up)
- Rules and norms as mock-ups of everyday activities used by sociologists
- Reasonable accounts as used by sociologists
- The concept of game rules being not-applicable as the rules for everyday activities:the odd temporary character. the irrelevance of personal character, the discrepancies between formal rules and actual actions
- Characteristics of everyday rules: et cetera (and so forth) clause, pretense of agreement, let it pass and unless, factum valet
- Announcement of the program of ethno-methodology
[3]
Harvey Sacks "More on Mock-Ups"
[4]
Egon Bittner "Ethical Symbols"
[5]
Harold Garfinkel "Reasonable Accounts"
[6]
Edward Rose, Harvey Sacks, Egon Bittner, and Harold Garfinkel "Translations"
Part III. PARSONS PRIMER - "AD HOC" USES (Draft - June 1960)
p.1 - p.9 Chapter I
p.10 - p.44 Chapter II INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS TO THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL ORDER
p.45 - p.78 Chapter III THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL ORDER
p.79 - p.120 Chapter IV "ADEQUATE' DESCRIPTIONS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
[NOTE: Garfinkel wrote at the end of Chapter IV "(Insert at this point a summary of the preceding four chapters so as to make a transition to Chapter V which presents an illustrative case of a structured analysis by Parsons.)"(p.120), then apparently inserted "preliminary draft February 8?, 1963 Parsons' Solution to the Problem of Social Order as a Method for Making Everyday Activities Observable 'From the Actor's Point of View'" (ending at p.179). So, p.1 - 3, p. 123 - p. 179 Preliminary Draft February 8, 1963 Parsons Solution to the Problem of Social Order as a Method for Making Everyday Activities Observable "From the Actor's Point of View" is inserted.
p.1 - p.47 Chapter ECONOMY, POLITY, MONEY, AND POWER
p.1 - p.29 Chapter PARTIAL DRAFT OF MATERIALS ON 1940 ARTICLE ON STRATIFICATION - AD HOC PARSONS
p.1 - p.41 Chapter PARTIAL DRAFT FOR ILLUSTRATIVE USE OF "STRUCTURED STRAIN"
p.1 - p.128 Chapter PARTIAL DRAFT AND NOTE FOR A CHAPTER ON VALUES
Additional Information:
(1) The change of schedule will be announced on this page.
(2) The class schedule may be changed considering the seminar participants' needs to present their own research to the class or by other contingencies; then the classes will move down accordingly.
(3) The Paper on "Parsons' Solution" was read in our 2014 seminar, so we will skip this part.
(4) On-line internet participation to the seminar will be possible via Skype or FaceTime depending on the Kobe University's network (KHAN)'s capacity. Please let me know about the expected on-line participation in advance for necessary arrangements.
(5) The early publications and biographical events in Garfinkel's scholarly life are listed in my sites: Formative Steps of Ethnomethodology, and Ethnomethodology after 1970 - Suggestions and Informations to be added to these sites are welcomed.
(6) Changes and additions in this site will be announced on twitter and Facebook.
Materials:
-> 2016-17 Fall-WInter Seminar Materials (Password Required)
Additional Information:
MAP -> LINK to Kobe University Access Map (The "frontier" building is the building, No 29.)
While this is a credited course for the graduate students of legal sociology of Kobe University, anyone who is interested is welcome to attend (without credits).
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