Discourse in Everyday Life—The Everyday Life of Discourse: Towards an Empirical Grounded Methodology of Discourse Research in Social Sciences

Authors

  • Anne Waldschmidt Universität zu Köln
  • Anne Klein Universität zu Köln
  • Miguel Tamayo Korte Universität zu Köln
  • Sibel Dalman-Eken Universität zu Köln

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-8.2.251

Keywords:

sociology of knowledge, discourse analysis, special discourse, interdiscourse, elementary discourse, everyday discourse, discursive event, discursive topic, subject, subjectivation, legitimation, experience, Internet, bioethics

Abstract

How can one apply discourse analysis to everyday knowledge? The empirical analysis of a particular discursive Internet-based event, the Internet forum "1000 Questions about Bioethics", offers a good starting point for methodological considerations of the relationship between everyday life and discourse. This article discusses three main points. First, it differentiates between three types of discourse, namely special discourse, interdiscourse and elementary discourse. Second, it offers a contribution to the conceptualization of everyday discourse. In this respect, BERGER and LUCKMANN's sociology of knowledge proves helpful; their approach is subjected to a reading that uses a structural theoretical view drawing on FOUCAULT. The structured character as well as the originality of "what people are saying" are explored; the significance of establishing legitimacy and subjectivation for everyday knowledge is also pointed out. Finally, the article presents the authors' empirical findings on the relations between special knowledge and everyday knowledge. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0702156

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Author Biographies

Anne Waldschmidt, Universität zu Köln

Anne WALDSCHMIDT, Dr. rer. pol., Professorin für Soziologie in der Heilpädagogik, Sozialpolitik und Sozialmanagement an der Universität zu Köln, Forschungsschwerpunkte: Soziologie der Behinderung und Rehabilitation, Bioethik/Biopolitik, Disability Studies, Diskurstheorie und -analyse

Anne Klein, Universität zu Köln

Anne KLEIN, Dr. phil., Erziehungswissenschaftlerin und Historikerin, wiss. Mitarbeiterin im Forschungsprojekt "1000fragen.de – Ein Online-Diskurs zur Bioethik", Forschungsschwerpunkte: Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Holocaustforschung, soziale Bewegungen, Biopolitik

Miguel Tamayo Korte, Universität zu Köln

Miguel TAMAYO KORTE, Diplom-Soziologe, wiss. Mitarbeiter im Forschungsprojekt "1000fragen.de – Ein Online-Diskurs zur Bioethik", Forschungsschwerpunkte: Public Health, Migration, Betreuungsrecht, Soziale Gerontologie

Sibel Dalman-Eken, Universität zu Köln

Sibel DALMAN-EKEN, Diplom-Soziologin, wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Forschungsprojekt "1000fragen.de – Ein Online-Diskurs zur Bioethik", Forschungsschwerpunkte: Soziale Probleme und Problemintervention, Migrationsforschung, Bioethik/Biopolitik

Published

2007-05-31

How to Cite

Waldschmidt, A., Klein, A., Tamayo Korte, M., & Dalman-Eken, S. (2007). Discourse in Everyday Life—The Everyday Life of Discourse: Towards an Empirical Grounded Methodology of Discourse Research in Social Sciences. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-8.2.251