The presentation of the self in every dayFront They will be interested in their status, his conception of self, his attitude toward them, and his trustworthiness… Information about the individual helps to define the situation, enabling others to know what expect of him. More in the individual, rather than in the situationThe presentation of the self in every dayRules of social interaction and modes of self presentationWhen an individual presents himself before others, they commonly seek to acquire information about him. Small scale interactions more than a bigger stage Impression management The manipulation of cues to control and organize the impression we give to others Focus: Interactions with a high level of performance What exactly Goffman tells us about his view of the world?All we can know about a person´s self is what the person show us Where individuals present themselves to one another?ĭramaturgy is a way of understanding social encounters using the analogy of a stage, or theatrical performanceĪll social relationships are drama people are masks in their relations to other. What exactly Goffman tells us about his view of the world?What is going on in social interaction?

Theoretical perspective:Interpretivism- looks for culturally derived and historic situated situations of social world.Symbolic interaction: Explores the understandings of the culture as the meaningful matrix of our life.Methodology: Ethnography- documenting the culture of people in social settings, getting inside the way each group of people sees the world.Dramaturgical approach: analogy between life and theaterĪbout Erving GoffmanBorn in 1922 in Alberta, CanadaUniversity of Toronto, University of ChicagoMost incisive contributions to social psychology Interested in exploring the borders: writing on total institutions, stigma, gender relations, role distance and framesĪbout Erving GoffmanVeryconcernedwiththemicrosociologyEverything people did on face to face interactionsThe self is the central organizing feature of all social encountersGiddens and Habermas -very influenced by GoffmanĪbout Erving GoffmanHis mayor publicationsThe presentation of self in everyday life‎, 1959Asylums: essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates, 1961Encounters: two essays in the sociology of interaction‎, 1961Stigma: notes on the management of spoiled identity‎, 1963Behavior in public places: Notes on the social organization of gatherings, 1963Interaction ritual: essays in face-to-face behavior‎, 1967Strategic interaction, 1969Relations in public: microstudies of the public order, 1971Frame analysis: an essay on the organization of experience, 1974Gender advertisements: 1979Forms of talk, 1981Articles, Essays, Monographs published as booksĪbout Erving GoffmanHis basic categories of themes are:Social orderSocial structureOrganizationSocial interactionĪuthors of: gender, madness, politics, communication, and society have written about Goffman, and there is a wide range of interest in his writings. They build symbolic structures adding art to life.DramaturgicalapproachSociety is a drama in which actions, in terms of social symbols, are the crucial events.Įxamples: politics, mass communications, leadership, social movements, rituals, ceremoniesĮrving Goffman: What is going on in social interaction?Its position in researchEpistemology:Constructionism- Meanings are constructed by human beings as they engage with the world they are interpreting. ĭistinction of action and motion (things move, men act) What is happening in these situations?People are giving a performance, showing one of their fronts in a face to face encounter. What is happening in these situations?Performing the self… Ladies and gentlemen, today´s performing….“ the self “ Erving Goffman - Dramaturgical Approach Presentation

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