UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHIAPAS
MARGARITO ESCALANTE CRUZ
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
PHENOMENOLOGY VS ETHNOMETHODOLOGY
COMPARATIVE CHART
PROFESSOR: MARIA MAGDALENA ESCOBAR MENDOZA
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19TH 2022
PHENOMENOLOGY ETHNOMETHODOLOGY
Study of phenomena, something Investigation of the methods by
that exists as a part of the world in which people make sense: of their
which we live. Events, situations, activities, both to themselves and
experiences or concepts. to others.
Type of qualitative research Type of qualitative research.
Shares a concern with Shares a concern with
microsocial interaction, microsocial interaction,
between individuals or within between individuals or within
small groups. small groups.
Through language, social life
is a continual and routine
accomplishment.
Language is reflexive on
everyday actions.
Distinguishes a world of
Acknowledgement that there is scientific discourse from a
a gap in understanding a world of everyday language.
specific phenomenon.
Analysis of conversation with
Clarification or illumination on the syntax of everyday
that phenomenon will be of speech.
benefit.
Idea of a system of socially-
DIFFERENCES
Phenomenological research objectified values that unite
will not provide definitive individuals into a group.
explanations but it will raise
insightful awareness. Investigates the rules for
attributing values through the
Method of philosophical analysis of implicit background
enquiry, involving the knowledge of the context as
systematic investigation. an unspoken cultural
foundation of any social
interaction that provides the
possibility of mutual
understanding and
communication.