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Erving Goffman

Canadian-American sociologist (1922–1982)

Provider: Wikidata. These recorded connections are observations, not Counterpedia claims. They do not establish source support.

Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q314471

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Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

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1-hop relations (40+)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Identity & relations (10)

→ instance of (P31)humanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P31 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5
→ family name (P734)GoffmanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P734 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q37220378
→ given name (P735)ErvingObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q21504981
→ sex or gender (P21)maleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P21 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6581097
→ spouse (P26)Angelica Schuyler ChoateObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q138762610
→ child (P40)Alice GoffmanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P40 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q20017747
→ spouse (P26)Gillian SankoffObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q16964366
← father (P22)Alice GoffmanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P22 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q20017747
← spouse (P26)Gillian SankoffObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q16964366
← spouse (P26)Angelica Schuyler ChoateObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q138762610

Dates & events (2)

→ date of birth (P569)11 June 1922Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of death (P570)19 November 1982Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P570 · Direction: outgoing

Occupation & roles (5)

→ occupation (P106)anthropologistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q4773904
→ field of work (P101)sociologyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q21201
→ occupation (P106)sociologistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2306091
→ position held (P39)President of the American Sociological AssociationObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P39 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q106436751
→ occupation (P106)non-fiction writerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q15980158

Notable works (2)

→ notable work (P800)The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P800 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2265892
← author (P50)The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P50 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q2265892

Places (3)

→ country of citizenship (P27)United StatesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q30
→ place of death (P20)PhiladelphiaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P20 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1345
→ place of birth (P19)MannvilleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1890931

Organizations & affiliations (4)

→ employer (P108)University of California, BerkeleyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P108 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q168756
→ employer (P108)University of PennsylvaniaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P108 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q49117
→ educated at (P69)University of TorontoObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q180865
→ educated at (P69)St. John's High SchoolObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7588749

Other connections (12)

→ Relationship name unavailable (P1412)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1412 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ Relationship name unavailable (P5008)Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P5008 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6173448
→ influenced by (P737)Ray BirdwhistellObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P737 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q328844
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1559)Erving Goffman (en)Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1559 · Direction: outgoing
→ cause of death (P509)cancerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P509 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q12078
→ manner of death (P1196)natural causesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1196 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3739104
→ Relationship name unavailable (P3373)Frances BayObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P3373 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q292446
→ Relationship name unavailable (P185)Eviatar ZerubavelObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P185 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1382371
← Relationship name unavailable (P3373)Frances BayObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P3373 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q292446
← influenced by (P737)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P737 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q220008
← Relationship name unavailable (P184)Eviatar ZerubavelObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P184 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1382371
← Relationship name unavailable (P301)Category:Erving GoffmanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P301 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q60822729

External identifiers (2)

→ image (P18)E. Goffman c. 1940.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing
→ topic’s main category (P910)Category:Erving GoffmanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P910 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q60822729

More relations exist beyond this bounded panel's cap of 40. This panel intentionally shows a small neighborhood, not the full graph.

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