Professor Fritz Schütze – Work and Output

Fritz Schutze (born in January 10, 1944) is a German sociologist. He is widely known for developing the autobiographical narrative interview research method. In the 70s, together with Joachim Matthes, Werner Meinefeld, Werner Springer, Ansgar Weymann, and Ralf Bohnsack (all belonging to so-called Arbeitsgruppe Bielefelder Soziologen), he has transplanted and disseminated symbolic interaction approach, ethnomethodology, and sociology of knowledge in Germany. Schutze is also very much interested in social work and so-called 'modest' professions. He draws on the Chicago School tradition and promotes the grounded theory method elaborated by his mentor and friend - Anselm Strauss. Together with Gerhard Riemann he introduced the concept of trajectory to social sciences and has analysed the processes of suffering and self-alienation. Adapted from the source document.