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Participant Observation in the Field - Coggle Diagram
Participant Observation in the Field
Field Techniques
Tactics to achieve
Informants should not know exactly what we are studying: In general, it is not prudent for the informant to know what we want to learn or see, sometimes it is useful to cover up the real questions of the research to reduce people's inhibition and the perceived threat.
Act naive: For many observers, posing as naive but interested strangers is an effective way to obtain data.
Being in the right place at the right time: Perhaps the most effective tactic is to place yourself in situations from which the data in which we are interested is likely to emerge.
Entrance to the field
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with
The hope of establishing open relationships with informants
the observers
The first days in the field are a period in which observers try to make people feel comfortable, dispel any idea that the research approach will be instructive, establish their identities as unobjectionable people, and learn to act appropriately in the field. stage.
Key Informants
it happens
Usually when field researchers try to cultivate close relationships with one or two respected and knowledgeable people in the early stages of the investigation
The right key informant can make or break a study, but be prepared to fall back on relationships formed at the beginning of a study if and when circumstances demand it.
Set Rapport
it means
Getting people to "open up" and express their feelings about the stage and other people.
Share the symbolic world of the informants, their language and their perspectives.
Communicate your sympathy for informants and get them to accept it as sincere.