Symbolic Interactionism Theory and the Ground of Routine...

Sociology of Everyday Life Sociology is considered as the study of human social life in the context of individuals, groups, and societies. In fostering the various aspects of sociology, sociologists came up with various theories that expound of human relationships in their day-to-day activities. This essay aims at identifying the relationship existing between the symbolic interactionism theory and the ground of routine activities, ethnomethodology as portrayed by Harold Garfinkel and Herbert Blumer. Harold confers on ethnomethodology as a way through which people make sense and find ways in which to act in their daily routine activities. He considers the various settings, which dictate stable features of daily activities. First, he†¦show more content†¦70). These aspects of human interactions are crucial to accomplishing the goals of ethnomethodology, which is to maintain social order in society. Therefore, by understanding symbolic interactionism in society, one can disrupt the social order of society in a bid to conceptualize have an understanding of the society in ethnomethodology. The relationship between these two concepts is evidenced in the purpose of their study. Symbolic interactionism seeks to understand the constituents that define human interactions through social order. Ethnomethodology studies the unremarkable techniques that people use to attach meaning to their interactions by discarding the context. In the deeper understanding of ethnomethodology and social order, the aspect of context is discarded since one only gets meanings of everyday activities by violating the norms that maintain social order(Garfinkel, 1968, p. 278). These conceptions enact a fundamental role in understanding the extent to which human interactions and activities remain meaningful to individuals in society. They provide a basis through which sociological theories and perspectives can be used to study human interactions. While interactions occur in every social organization, there is the need to look into those activities that are considered common to a certain social group. There arises the need to look into these activities as part of human interaction through symbolic