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The aim of interpretation is
not agreement but
understanding
-Donald Davidson
Deals with the world of everyday life
Concern around the process with
common sense reality in daily
ETHNOMETHODOLOGY interaction
People interpret in an interactive
IN INTERPRETIVISM situation and make it meaningful
Mainly interested in the
interpretation people use to make
sense of social setting
SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONISM IN
INTERPRETIVISM
Emphasises the understanding and
interpretation of interactions between human
being
Define and interpret each people actions
instead merely reacting
Mediated by the use of symbols like
language, icon, colours etc.
Create symbolically meaningful objects in the
world, human interaction and resulting
patterns of social organisation can be
understood
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