Tactics and Strategies within the Framework of Everyday Life Sociology

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.