Participant observation\nParticipant observation emerged as the principal approach to ethnographic research by anthropologists in the twentieth century. It relies on the cultivation of personal relationships with local informants as a way of learning about a culture, and involves both observing and participating in the social life of a group. See also: qualitative research; qualitative psychological research.\n\nCategory:Social sciences/Methodology |
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"There is only one nature - the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole." - Bill Wulf |
