<P> The approach was originally developed by Harold Garfinkel , who attributed its origin to his work investigating the conduct of jury members in 1954 . His interest was in describing the common sense methods through which members of a jury produce themselves in a jury room as a jury . Thus , their methods for : establishing matters of fact ; developing evidence chains ; determining the reliability of witness testimony ; establishing the organization of speakers in the jury room itself ; and determining the guilt or innocence of defendants , etc. are all topics of interest . Such methods serve to constitute the social order of being a juror for the members of the jury , as well as for researchers and other interested parties , in that specific social setting . </P>
<P> The approach was originally developed by Harold Garfinkel , who attributed its origin to his work investigating the conduct of jury members in 1954 . His interest was in describing the common sense methods through which members of a jury produce themselves in a jury room as a jury . Thus , their methods for : establishing matters of fact ; developing evidence chains ; determining the reliability of witness testimony ; establishing the organization of speakers in the jury room itself ; and determining the guilt or innocence of defendants , etc. are all topics of interest . Such methods serve to constitute the social order of being a juror for the members of the jury , as well as for researchers and other interested parties , in that specific social setting . </P>
when was ethnomethodology used for the first time
when was ethnomethodology used for the first time
1954
1954