Sociology
2025 Goffman Memorial Lecture: Prof Waverly Duck
Troubled interactions are situations in which talk, self-presentation, and interaction itself break down – often in subtle ways not noticed by all participants. This talk illustrates the use of an interaction order approach, grounded in the work of Goffman and Garfinkel, to study such troubled interactions. Doing this reveals counter-intuitive and unexpected aspects of how meaning and self are ordinarily achieved.
