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Participant Observation
noha fella she fundion of ctrl ate
30 Kies ting seo op nd lng ene eatone
pis oucpesns oo you cn cc td ee toro set
ieee sonds ban, Ianto come st taro Ooo
fein te thot pura obsernon—a tis ee
sed igen mong ean ve hope Cnt eee aly
{eldwork. Much more about this later. La A
arpa ser aion bots asi eto and ei oe
todas ind of experenaEnowcige a yore coat
fot p sou wit fects he tops pares me Wisk he
die ign set See
ao produces fect, otic knowedge—he kind that moves the
ie ol th world. Nacy Scheer pes developed ey. bao
tip observa, that cout forthe tragedy inf maya
fas Bail andthe diet involvement of mothers nt ine ey
(199) An putin observation sed in product developmen sa ete.
Set plicaions research, When cei ade were leon Sg
Tine pumps inthe early 199s, consumes aided singh chology
Lowe and tam of patipat obser ured at why (Sloman 1999,
git Jordan and fer team of ethnographer at Xerox Corporation de
niet infraton Now nd he Berchy of erator operons
tsom ofa maj atin a metpolian sper ian 19928).
‘Romancng the Methods
st eta he ils for ding fever were seins, ech
sl something you just are out therein the eT he 19305, Joe
‘Whiing and some of his fellow anthropology students at Yale Usiversiy|
‘Shed thet pte, Lelie Spi fort sear on metds-“Ts as
‘nj to dicts aul tesa” Wag sel Spi ling hi
ot amething worthy fa sei (Whig 98:56) hs aye
Sted oplogit at cone, nd aed et they come ck
‘Siva story of eironn ut ike
Vs fie fr antopobgs ornate feltark—elsnolgis and
exanogrpter do, bythe way pill about eer places
tar take eer dys gto whee ell lngeage is oer ta
ton, nd whee the canes roti oming dow wa se
nest Reseach really ade t a sme ples thn i ters Bat he
fet anropologsts ae ly these dys stady amy platoons (Ki
wrth 197), or canes tei (Sey 198), ogy ale i malar
ies ert 199: Mary 1992) oie onthe mean tet of i ies
Bri; sh 18) ey oy le Poe,
‘ec tre, he ecu ao sls tare eu em mE
Dbe prety mich te ame very
‘What fs Participant Observation?
Partin oberon rls fiver, but wal lor is
putt bseraton alder al (1998) inerviened 206 posi nd
Feet sia seciees (oes fr HIV and fr dg ws) rng 5 ighnee
So ch ar wit pant cereon e's Hw’ wit ic Pn
pe goer hd ed Cope
‘Alt of edt collected by prtipat observer ae gale: eld
ote the bt ng ost td en trl seg poop ot
‘etomnt eicsRney ntgerfpga
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es of a ced by print res re qui ea
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Some Backgrou
and History
Bros Malwa (184-192 ei’ invent parcipn obserton
bah wily ceed with developing it teas eto of
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scuch A Btsh ssa amtroplogst (min oad), Minow went
atonal he pope Tn dr ae la eae
‘al Wa: hein he Tn nd wer emp
Skee bs lc yu ae
‘Stan ner e tap usta ietone see Ea
Se pti en on dco els
Sie eon a i fy Ee eae ae
ewe ot ea of taing ey ae yg
Festa eyo hed
Ie prong ti sat sg cone Nes
tom tea” ve and ne ith i ptf oa aes
py. Rroing ta alo rey a ok a eh oe
Tes made ane) Fo intel on he mating pogenie tt
{mat ut nwa aes Spend tl ney
a calor er the ngage hng ot a he eves at
‘een de Gor, bconeheptns ys ean Sa
‘ef ohare ego Kp on be ci ao,
‘Econ para consonant a es
1) he tine Malawi wet the Tans, Nt and Quien
‘nape eu maa pone by a tpi
int (EAD af he tn anf ss or ed Te
tein ce cata 19 ade ttn Get on pedrere
> That ina eon of Ne and Queries mat reing fr anyone
‘he gmens of nema aoim—-e sping ie and shu sr
‘net inte shape of game ley thir stor (Royal Amvoploest
Teste 1951:29)—and Ns and Gurr fl of cae mel vce
oat it edicts ecnms b o e Penge cgi in
{ean wat qusions ask tot sexual resto, oo pre
hein reat The oo uta eae
‘rt dig prtsipet bsraion “cart ih nt thing iif'oman
1926 memoir (Webb 1926), Just about then he long tradition i sociology of
an tngaphy—the “Cheapo Sot begat te Univers of Ch
1925) One of P's states ws issn, Robert Ri he anh
‘as bk ror lng flava with Aborigine peoples in Aus
rk, We anced ane of he mot fous Areca commu stely
ec ofl ie, hake Cisse (Ware ed Hat Wat
196) Cane Cy wast uo for Newburyport, Masaru)
1925, silos Raber a Hen yo pblahed ie of many eto
‘ahs bout Mideown a peaonyn fo Mone. nd
Some ofthe lsc etngrphics hat came ot oft erly Chicago
‘School include Harvey Zara's The Go Coat ond the Stan (192) ad
tos Show's The Jack ale (190) tn Th oct Rallr, 222 yur
tamed Suey tls bout what te to grow pas ciel
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