Resolving Reality Disjunctures on Telegraph Avenue: A Study of Practical Reasoning

Eglin, Peter

doi:10.2307/3340259

Cited by 24 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Phenomenologists refer to this type of cognitive conflict as a "reality disjuncture" and suggest that it can be the source ofconsiderable psychosocial stress (34,35). Disputants in a reality disjuncture look at what they perceive to be the same world and experience it in contrary ways.…”

Section: Beliefs-certainty and Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

As if exposure to toxins were not enough: the social and cultural system as a secondary stressor.

Kroll-Smith

Couch

1991

Environ Health Perspect

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A growing body of evidence indicates that toxic contamination, both indoor and outdoor, negatively affects sociocultural systems and that this in turn affects the social and psychological responses to the contamination. Using secondary case studies and primary survey, interview and observation data from three toxic contamination situations, this paper conceptualizes and summarizes the findings to date. We argue that using a sociocultural perspective helps us to understand much of the seemingly inexplicable behavior that accompanies cases of toxic contamination. Using examples from primary and secondary case studies, four areas in which the sociocultural system affected by toxic contamination can influence the outcome of the response are described: a) engineering options may be frustrated by sociocultural systems; b) communications may be frustrated by sociocultural systems; c) cultural images and social structural patterns of space usage can affect response; and d) sociocultural systems can affect medical outcomes. Given the nature of sociocultural systems and human behavior, measuring the relationship between contamination, social response, and individual behavior is difficult. An example of one approach using the concept of alienation is discussed, wherein linkages have been found between toxic contamination, alienation, and psychological coping difficulties. Implications for professionals responding to toxic contamination cases are also discussed. We conclude that a sociocultural perspective provides a necessary complement to medical and engineering perspectives if we are to fully understand human reactions to toxic contamination and move toward alleviating human health problems associated with these risks.

show abstract

Section: Beliefs-certainty and Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

As if exposure to toxins were not enough: the social and cultural system as a secondary stressor.

Kroll-Smith

Couch

1991

Environ Health Perspect

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As the police arrive at the scene this accident is assembled into institutional orders and knowledge, e.g., forensic knowledge about traffic deaths. The visible evidence and injuries, skid marks, vehicles displaying points of impact and so forth are lifted from the scene and reordered according to extra-local institutional relevance (Smith 1990a, b;Eglin 1979). …”

Section: Re-reading Ethnomethodological Indifference Through Institutmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnomethodological Indifference: Just a Passing Phase?

Montigny

2016

Hum Stud

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper examines whether social workers and other direct service practitioners can find utility in ethnomethodology despite or even because of the policy of ''indifference''. Garfinkel, the father of ethnomethodology (EM), sets out ''ethnomethodological indifference'' (EM-I) to insist that EM studies do not supplement, formulate remedies, develop humanistic arguments, or encourage discussions of theory. While at first blush such limits on EM might appear to be a barrier for most social workers this paper argues against first impressions. It is argued that EM provides an important redirection for social work practice and research. Additionally, it is proposed that by approaching EM through Dorothy Smith's Institutional Ethnography social workers can bridge Garfinkel's quest for haeccities (''just thisness; just here, just now'') with extended social relations and actual courses of actions to find congruence between EM and accomplished professional practice.

show abstract

“…Although less self-conscious about its scientific pretensions than the previous example, the book employs a definitive feature of the realist perspective, thetruth/falsity distinction and, related to this, what Eglin has called the "appearances/ reality dichotomy." 36 The book contains an exhaustive discussion of practical techniques for distinguishing the innocent from the guilty, counseling the student of investigative methods that "[psychologically, interrogation can be thought of as the undoing of deception." 37 The view that what is not truth must be deception reflects the strongly dichotomous form of practical reasoning found in forensic realism.…”

Section: "Just the Facts Ma'am"mentioning

confidence: 99%

What's wrong with complaint investigations? Dealing with difference differently in complaints against police

Goldsmith

1996

Criminal Justice Ethics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Resolving Reality Disjunctures on Telegraph Avenue: A Study of Practical Reasoning

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

As if exposure to toxins were not enough: the social and cultural system as a secondary stressor.

As if exposure to toxins were not enough: the social and cultural system as a secondary stressor.

Ethnomethodological Indifference: Just a Passing Phase?

What's wrong with complaint investigations? Dealing with difference differently in complaints against police

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About