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Field-based ethnography

Field-based ethnography is a qualitative research design in which the researcher immerses themselves in a social setting or community over an extended period, observing and participating in everyday life to understand cultural practices, meanings, and social dynamics from an insider perspective. It is the classical form of ethnography, grounded in sustained physical presence at a research site, and distinguished from archival, virtual, or document-only approaches by its central reliance on direct, embodied fieldwork.

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Field-Based Ethnographic Research
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative
  • Geertz, C. (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. Basic Books. · ISBN 978-0465097197
  • Malinowski, B. (1922). Argonauts of the Western Pacific. Routledge. · URL
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