In relation to
everyday interaction within society we must look at social and moral codes.
These codes are present in every interaction we have as human beings whether we
recognise it or not. These are subconscious things that we perform everyday to
ensure that we do not violate the ‘unwritten’ laws of society.
These codes are all
around us everyday in every situation we are ever in. From being in a tutorial
or lecture to being out for lunch with friends; society has strict codes that we
must follow to not diminish face. As stated in other blog posts, as a society
being accepted or feeling like we belong, is apart of our natural basic human
needs. Thus, the reasoning for the fear, of diminishing face and therefore
abiding, by these social and moral codes.
Every society has a
different ‘set’ of social and moral codes due to their context. The convict
code example was used within the reading and is one that I believe explains
this point quite well. The reason our society does not fully understand or are
unable to relate to is because their context does not match ours.
This example can also be linked to our schooling. Within my primary school the saying “dibber-dobbers wear nappies” was chanted at any person who would state they were telling the teacher on another student. The ‘rule’ that you didn’t ‘dob’ on another student was quite strong within our year and fear of isolation was present if you did ‘dob’. In this situation there was an ‘unwritten’ law amongst the students that you didn’t not tell on other students and if you did that was diminishing face. What I am trying to establish by using these two examples is that even though they are completely different contexts and these contexts affect what is the social and moral code- these codes are present in all different walks of life at any age.
This example can also be linked to our schooling. Within my primary school the saying “dibber-dobbers wear nappies” was chanted at any person who would state they were telling the teacher on another student. The ‘rule’ that you didn’t ‘dob’ on another student was quite strong within our year and fear of isolation was present if you did ‘dob’. In this situation there was an ‘unwritten’ law amongst the students that you didn’t not tell on other students and if you did that was diminishing face. What I am trying to establish by using these two examples is that even though they are completely different contexts and these contexts affect what is the social and moral code- these codes are present in all different walks of life at any age.
Wieder, D. Laurence. 1974. “Telling the Code.” Pp.
144-172 in Ethnomethodology, edited by
Roy Turner. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Jimerson, Jason B., and Matthew K. Oware. 2006.
Telling the Code of the Street: An Ethnomethodological Ethnography.” Journal
of Contemporary Ethnography vol. 35, no. 1: pp. 24-50.
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