Discursive ethnomethodology: Analysing power and resistance in talk |
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Authors: | Michael A Forrester Christopher A H Ramsden |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology , Keynes College, University of Kent , Canterbury, CT2 7NP;2. Evaluation Development and Review Unit , The Tavistock Institute , 30 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4DE |
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Abstract: | Abstract In order to better understand relationships between forms of institutional discourse and social interaction we outline an approach to the study of power in talk which we call discursive ethnomethodology. Following commas on approaches to the study of language and power, we illustrate our framework through analysis of an interview between a police officer and suspect where the latter exhibits a ‘right to silence’. Essentially, our approach distinguishes between two aspects of talk as event the immediate participation context, end the discursive or ‘folk-model’ resources employed by participants in context. Corresponding to these aspects are implicit/explicit expressions of power and resistance and externally available discursive objects. Through example extracts we illustrate how this framework can be employed in forensic psychology, bringing together both discursive psychology and critical discourse analysis alongside the ethnomethodological orientation of conversation analysis. |
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Keywords: | language power discourse conversation analysis ethoomethodology |
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