The book introduces network research and aims to be seen as an innovative contribution to the investigation of its foundations. It involves the following elements: the social situation, which suggests the examination of micro-networks due to the typically fewer participants, as well as the everyday culture that emerges in situations because it is negotiated and passed on there. Everyday culture refers to the formation and dissemination of behaviors and the associated worldviews. Social science network research focuses on the analysis and interpretation of relational structures. What is referred to as structure limits and enables the flow of information as well as the development of identities and their behaviors. Through this foundational perspective, it becomes possible to critically reflect on network research, highlighting the significance of the relational.