Ethnomethodological Investigations

Ethnomethodological investigations explore how people naturally produce and understand social order in everyday life. By examining the methods and routines individuals use during interactions, researchers uncover the shared assumptions and practices that enable social stability. These studies focus on the details of day-to-day situations—like conversations or navigation decisions—to reveal how members of a community make sense of their social world without relying on formal rules. Essentially, ethnomethodology studies the ways people actively create and maintain the social fabric through their ordinary actions and interpretations.