השוואת שיטות

	אתנוגרפיה אורכית	תצפית משתתפת
תחום	איכותני	מחקר איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1920s (classical origins); refined 1990s–2000s	1922
הוגה השיטה	Rooted in classical anthropological fieldwork (Malinowski, 1922); systematised for sociological revisits by Michael Burawoy (2003)	Bronislaw Malinowski
סוג	Qualitative research design	Method
מקור מכונן	Burawoy, M. (2003). Revisits: An outline of a theory of reflexive ethnography. American Sociological Review, 68(5), 645–679.	Geertz, C. (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465026432
כינויים	extended ethnography, long-term fieldwork, sustained ethnographic study, longitudinal field research	ethnographic observation, participatory observation, overt observation, immersive observation
קשורות	5	4
תקציר	Longitudinal ethnography is a qualitative research design in which a researcher conducts sustained, repeated fieldwork with the same community, organisation, or group across an extended period — months to decades. By returning to the field at multiple time points, the researcher captures how social processes, meanings, and structures evolve, making it the only qualitative method capable of directly observing change and continuity in lived experience.	Participant observation is a qualitative research method in which the researcher embeds themselves within a community, organization, or social setting for an extended period, engaging in the activities and relationships of the group while systematically observing and documenting behavior, interactions, and cultural meaning. Pioneered by Malinowski in the 1920s and developed in anthropology, the method has been adopted across sociology, education, health sciences, and organizational research. The researcher functions as both insider (participating in group activities) and outsider (maintaining analytical distance), generating thick description—rich accounts of context, behavior, and meaning that reveal how people actually live and interact.