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Making sense and feeling good: the ethnography of communication and identity work

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McDermott, R. P.
Church, Joseph

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Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

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"The paper is divided into three major sections and a brief note. First, the difficulties of making common sense are explored in order to make obvious the relational foundations of communication. Our argument is that identities are worked on, construed and achieved in terms of the same relational fabric that allows for any exchange of information. Second, we make a methodological point, namely, that identity work in any given situation is possible in terms of how people are relating to each other..."

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