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Meaning | Social life is meaningful. |
Social actors engage one another and the environment in light of interpretation and understanding. | |
Context | Social actions and identities make sense in context. |
Phenomena cannot be analyzed separate from social and cultural context. | |
Local cultures and subcultures must always be kept in mind. | |
Process | Social life involves changing, rather than fixed, structures. |
Identities are changeable. | |
Meanings may be renegotiated or redefined. | |
Knowledgeable actors | Social actors are knowledgeable of their own culture. |
Social actors possess social competence and skill. | |
Social actors use tacit knowledge to draw from in everyday life. | |
Rational actors | Social actors behave in a rational manner. |
No universal or context free criteria for rationality exists. |