Participant observation
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Participant observation is a central anthropological research technique that consists of recording and interpreting information acquired through participation and observation [1] . Participant observation is not only relevant because it helps the researcher recognize what is happening in an investigated group; in addition, it relies on something more fundamental. The researchers who cooperate with others engage in symbolic transactions with them leading to insights derived from actively co-operating (Atkinson, Coffey and Delamont 2003: 115). This cooperation helps researchers to partially assume the role of others and thus share something of perspectives that are intrinsic to their social worlds.
References
- ↑ DeWalt, Kathleen M., and Billie R. DeWalt. 2000. Participant Observation. In Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, ed. H. Russell Bernard. Walnut Creek etc.: Altamira Press. Pp. 259–299.
