Ordinary troubles

Abstract

In everyday life, the social interactions of individuals are frequently disturbed by unexpected occurrences. These occurrences are outside of the expected of what normally fits within a specific social situation. Erving Goffman has developed the concept of ordinary troubles as a part of his frame analysis -- the analysis of the specific arrangements of individual involvements in social interactions. The frame is the context in which social activities are constituted and assigned a specific meaning; it is an interpretation that allows the individual to categorize and to understand a situation and its sense.

Cite article

Meier, L. (2009): Ordinary troubles. In: A. J. Mill, G. Durepos & E. Wiebe (Hrsg.) (2009): Encyclopedia of case study research, p. 632-633. DOI:10.4135/9781412957397.n236