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Article: Dorothy Smith and knowing the world we live in.
- Article from:
- Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
- Author:
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The paper presents an account of the scholarly work of Canadian sociologist, feminist, theorist and activist, Dorothy E. Smith, leading up to her development of institutional ethnography as "a sociology for people." Drawing on selected writings, the author discusses some of the major ideas, debates and practical influences that are part of Smith's scholarly trajectory. The line of thinking that is illustrated is how her feminism was integral to her celebrated critique and re-writing of sociological method.
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This article introduces some of the theoretical underpinnings of institutional ethnography, the kind of sociological inquiry that takes as ...