Definition of ground for Students. 1  1 : the surface of the earth Leaves fell to the ground. 2  2 : 2soil 1, earth The beans themselves popped out of the ground. 3  3 : the bottom of a body of water The boat struck ground.  4 : an area of land sacred 1  ground. 5 : an area used for some purpose a hunting ground.
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that involves comparative study of cultures and the analysis of that data to propose theoretical frameworks for better understanding cultural phenomena. Ethnographies are the studies that provide the raw data which ethnology analyzes to develop theories of culture.
Ethnomethodology is a theoretical approach in sociology based on the belief that you can discover the normal social order of a society by disrupting it. Ethnomethodologists deliberately disrupt social norms to see how people respond and how they try to restore social order.