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The author wishes to thank J. F. M. Hunter, Ronald J. Silvers and Andrew Effrat for reading and commenting on an earlier draft of this essay.
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What Are Sense Making Practices?†
Article first published online: 9 JAN 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1976.tb00755.x
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HEAP, J. (1976), What Are Sense Making Practices?. Sociological Inquiry, 46: 107–115. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1976.tb00755.x
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- Issue published online: 9 JAN 2007
- Article first published online: 9 JAN 2007
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The formation of the concept “sense making practices” in ethnomethodology receives attention. The referents and uses of the concept suggest that “sense making practices” form a family rather than a class. Family membership is a matter of family resemblance. Thus claims about new family members run a risk of intelligibility. Finally, the search for universully invariant properties is fundamentally misguided.