Dorothy E. Smith: Canadian anthropologist
Dorothy Edith Smith CM (July 6, 1926 – June 3, 2022) was a British-born Canadian sociologist.
Her works focused on women's studies, feminist theory, psychology, and educational studies. Smith founded the sociological sub-disciplines of feminist standpoint theory and institutional ethnography.
Dorothy Edith Smith | |
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| Born | Dorothy Edith Place July 6, 1926 Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | June 3, 2022 (aged 95) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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| Main interests | Feminist studies, sociology |
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| Notable ideas | Institutional ethnography, ruling relations, feminist standpoint theory, bifurcation of consciousness |
Smith died in Vancouver, Canada on June 3, 2022, at the age of 95.
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