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Spirituality is usually perceived as something extremely internal. In contrast, this book inquires into the social practice of spirituality. For the first time, it provides a comprehensive ethnographic analysis of yoga practice and shows that inwardness in physical exercises, yoga philosophy, and rituals is an observable social activity

Based on the authors' ethnographies in the fields of taiji, ballet, and yoga, this article outlines and reflects the theoretical and empirical scope of what we mean by "ethnomethodological ethnography." Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EM/CA) have been juxtaposed and pit against various forms of ethnography and vice versa—for example, by criticizing various theoretical underpinnings of ethnographies, viewing EM/CA as a very limited micro-sociological research method, or by critiquing (auto-)ethnography as egocentric, self-absorbed, and ill-equipped to account for the detail and sequential organization of natural occurring actions and circumstances. Contrary to such deliberations, we highlight their common interest in putting empirical social phenomena first. In getting access to and describing what social phenomena consist of, members' competencies and detailed analysis of recorded data mutually elaborate each other. In this sense, they are potentially not only mutually inclusive but, as we shall argue, the entire field of EM/CA studies depends to some degree on actually doing ethnography. Based on our own ethnographic research, we will then zoom in on the case of taiji practice to highlight the relevance of autoethnography and evaluate how ethnographic reflections of self and body constitute and may foster "uniquely adequate" qualitative research. Ultimately, the aim is to explicate how EM/CA research policies differ from textbook oriented instructions and are better considered as praxeological respecifications of doing ethnomethodological ethnography in particular cases.

Mutually making the conditions of mutual making -- Re-Inventing the Wheel of Media Theory -- Meta-Infrastructure -- Patents and Licences -- Intimate Pictures -- Mainstreaming Zoom -- The passport as a medium of movement -- Entangling Bodies and Objects in the Air -- Information Control and Trust in the Context of Digital Technologies -- Mutually Designing Domestic IT Applications with Older Adults.

This volume conceives cooperation in broad terms as any form of mutual making, in which goals, means, and procedures are seen as ongoing accomplishments. From the exchanges of goods or information, to the interactions between bodies or organizations, and the coordination between colleagues, competitors, friends or foes. Mutually making the conditions of mutual making entails translating heterogeneous interests, negotiating conflicting values and articulating distributed activities. On the one hand, the contributions cover different notions and concepts of cooperation in diverse fields of study: from the mundane cooperation of everyday life to collective endeavors within specific domains. On the other hand, the contributions share a focus on the practices of making cooperation possible through cooperatively creating the conditions for cooperation itself. Seeing cooperative media both as a condition and consequence of cooperation, the volume sheds light on a general feature of media, technologies and instruments that both enable and constrain the collaboration between heterogeneous social worlds, with and without consensus. About the Editors Clemens Eisenmann is postdoctoral researcher at the Universities of Siegen and Konstanz in the field of sociology. Kathrin Englert is a sociologist at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg. Cornelius Schubert is professor for sociology of science and technology at TU Dortmund University. Ehler Voss is an anthropologist at the University of Siegen.