Discuss the characteristics of participant-observation and how this method contributes to ethnographic understanding. How is this method characteristically different from other methods of social science research?
ESSAY KEY POINTS:
*The anthropologists goes native.
*Eating a people's food, speaking their languages and personally experiencing their habits and customs.
*One learns by learning how to behave acceptably.
*Careful observation is needed for an in-depth overview.
*Social, political, economic and religious institutions must be examined.
*The holistic perspective is used.
...
Participant-Observation in Ethnographic Research: Going Native to Gain Understanding
1. Discuss the characteristics of participant-observation and how
this method contributes to ethnographic understanding. How is
this method characteristically different from other methods of
social science research?
ESSAY KEY POINTS:
*The anthropologists goes native.
*Eating a people's food, speaking their languages and
personally experiencing their habits and customs.
*One learns by learning how to behave acceptably.
*Careful observation is needed for an in-depth overview.
*Social, political, economic and religious institutions must be
examined.
*The holistic perspective is used.
