Zaunbrecher2018
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Zaunbrecher2018 |
| Author(s) | Nicolas j. Zaunbrecher |
| Title | Viewing spontaneity ethnomethodologically |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Spontaneity, Improvisation, Ethnomethodology, Rhetorical analysis, Improvisational theatre |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Human Studies |
| Volume | 41 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 1–20 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10746-017-9442-8 |
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Abstract
In this article, I identify “spontaneity” as a significant but poorly-analyzed term in social theory and description through an overview of tensions between varying technical accounts of spontaneity in research literature. In contrast to conceptually-slippery “realist” accounts of spontaneity, I argue for viewing spontaneity ethnomethodologically, i.e., as a contextually-emergent social practice. I suggest two directions for future applications of this approach: first, an ethnomethodological approach to rhetorical analysis of unanalyzed use of the term “spontaneity” in research literature, and second, observational studies of improvisational theatre, a social practice in which orientation toward the production of spontaneity by participants is criterial to the identity of the practice.
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