Concept information
Preferred term
participant-observation
Definition
- Often described as immersion in a culture, participant-observation is the principal methodological component of ethnographic fieldwork. The researcher watches people and their activities in the social situation under study, gradually increasing participation in the culture as a check on observations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Participant-Observation]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BBCRHP09-8
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