# Dorothy E. Smith (@dorothy-smith)

Dorothy E. Smith (1926–2022) was a British-born Canadian sociologist who developed feminist standpoint sociology and institutional ethnography.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Dorothy E. Smith's public record._

## Topics

- [Disciplinary Legacy](/@dorothy-smith/disciplinary-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Institutional Ethnography](/@dorothy-smith/institutional-ethnography.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [A Sociology for People](/@dorothy-smith/standpoint.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/lineages-of-institutional-ethnography
- blog: https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/sociology/people/faculty/emeritus/smithdorothy.php
- blog: https://utorontopress.com/9781442620285/institutional-ethnography/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "dorothy-smith", "question": "…"}`.