Discussion: In preparation for your role-playing breaching experiment using the research method of ethnomethodology read the Chapter 3, page 75, discussion in our textbook on “Breaching Experiments.”

Discussion: In preparation for your role-playing breaching experiment using the research method of ethnomethodology read the Chapter 3, page 75, discussion in our textbook on “Breaching Experiments.”
Discussion: In preparation for your role-playing breaching experiment using the research method of ethnomethodology read the Chapter 3, page 75, discussion in our textbook on “Breaching Experiments.”

Sociology 101, Dr. Mulling

Topic: Ethnomethodology (Breaching Experiment)

Evaluation: 25 points

In preparation for your role-playing breaching experiment—using the research method of ethnomethodology—read the Chapter 3, page 75, discussion in our textbook on “Breaching Experiments.”

Carry out your breaching experiment, complete the following questions, and upload to D2L by the Sun., March 24, deadline. Refer to the background information and steps to the process on back page.

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What informal norm (cultural folkway) did you break by your behavior?

Where and when did you carry out your breaching experiment?

Norms are situational, meaning that the unwritten rule/expectation for behavior depends on the social context or situation. Briefly describe the social context for where and when you completed the breaching experiment?

What sanctions did you receive in response to your breaching experiment? Were they negative, positive, severe, mild?

Sociological Background to Breaching Experiments

The concept of folkways is discussed in Chapter 3 and the concept of deviance is discussed in Chapter 7. As you will recall, folkways—or the “way of the folk”—refer to a type of cultural norm. Cultural folkways are unwritten, informal norms shared by a society. In contrast to mores and laws, which are two other types of cultural norms, folkways are rules or expectations for behavior that do not usually carry strong, negative sanctions when broken. For example, picking one’s nose in public is a violation of a norm/folkway, but nobody is going to prison for this behavior. Folkways are, however, still very much part of the “rules” of behavior within a society’s culture. You will likely receive some informal, negative sanctions as part of the informal system of social control.

The concept of microsociology refers to the level of analysis within sociology that focuses on the micro-level social forces that we observe at the level of face-to-face social interaction. As introduced in Chapter 1 in conjunction with the symbolic interactionist perspective, and as further explored within the second half of Chapter 4, micro-level social forces are the ones we experience directly as we interact—verbally and non-verbally—with other people we come across.

Identify a folkway that, if broken, may provoke an informal, negative sanction from others who observe the folkway violation. Examples: eating spaghetti with your hands, wearing mismatched clothes for a day, asking your child permission to do things at home, walking backwards down the hallway or within a public place … you get the idea. Be creative but please note that the folkway violation should be at the level of folkways—DO NOT break the law or other cultural norms that more closely approximate cultural mores and provoke severe sanctions.

Plan your strategy for carrying out this role-playing exercise and include in that plan a reminder to yourself that you want to be a keen observer of any sanctions that you might receive … likely informal, negative sanctions although former students have at times received seemingly positive sanctions. Your strategy should take into account the nature of the folkway violation and how long you will need to role play so that you have good data to report on the sanctions. Your role-playing, of course, needs to take place in the company of other people.

Implement your plan by role playing and violating a folkway at the microsociological level (at the level of face-to-face social interaction)

Write down notes of your experience and observations of sanctions you received; do this immediately after carrying out the exercise so you have a clear memory of the details. Allotting time to do this should be part of your plan.

If necessary, please let your audience know of your assignment after it is complete. In other words, let them know prior to their contacting the authorities and having you hauled off to the “looney bin.”