Tactics and Strategies within the Framework of Everyday Life Sociology

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 5, 83 - 96, 31.12.2024

Tule Gültekin

Öz

The sociology of everyday life offers a framework for analyzing the relationship between individuals' micro-level practices and societal structures by interpreting the meanings they create. The contributions of the French intellectual tradition to this field stand out in their examination of ordinary practices as tools for meaning-making and resistance. Michel de Certeau's concepts of strategy and tactics provide a critical foundation for explaining the creative actions individuals develop in response to power structures. While strategies represent mechanisms controlled by powerful actors, tactics refer to the everyday forms of resistance that individuals create under limited conditions. This approach reveals that individuals are not passive recipients within societal structures; instead, they actively produce their own worlds of meaning. In this context, tactics and strategies, within the framework of the sociology of everyday life, offer a robust analytical perspective for explaining individuals' unique forms of resistance and meaning-making in relation to societal structures. Accordingly, this study serves as an effective guide to understanding how social transformation is shaped in the ordinary details of everyday life.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Everyday Life, De Certeau, French Sociology, Tactics, Strategy

GÜNDELİK YAŞAM SOSYOLOJİSİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE “TAKTİK VE STRATEJİLER”

Öz

Gündelik yaşam sosyolojisi, bireylerin mikro düzeydeki pratiklerini anlamlandırarak toplumsal yapılarla ilişkilerini çözümlemeye yönelik bir çerçeve sunmaktadır. Fransız düşünce geleneğinin bu alana katkıları, bireylerin sıradan pratiklerini, anlam yaratma ve direniş araçları olarak incelemekle öne çıkmaktadır. Michel de Certeau'nun strateji ve taktik kavramları, bireylerin iktidar yapılarına karşı geliştirdiği yaratıcı eylemleri açıklamak için kritik bir dayanak oluşturur. Stratejiler, güçlü aktörler tarafından kontrol edilen mekanizmaları temsil ederken, taktikler bireylerin sınırlı koşullar altında geliştirdiği gündelik direniş biçimlerini ifade eder. Bu yaklaşım, bireylerin toplumsal yapılar içinde pasif alıcılar olmadığını, aksine kendi anlam dünyalarını ürettiklerini ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bağlamda, gündelik yaşam sosyolojisi çerçevesinde taktik ve stratejiler, bireylerin toplumsal yapılara karşı özgün direniş ve anlam yaratma biçimlerini açıklayan güçlü bir analiz perspektifi sunar. Bu doğrultuda çalışma, toplumsal dönüşümün gündelik yaşamın sıradan ayrıntılarında nasıl şekillendiğini kavramak için etkili bir yol gösterici misyonunu üstlenmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gündelik yaşam, De Certeau, Fransız Sosyolojisi, Taktik, Strateji

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