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  2. Fieldnotes - Wikipedia

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    A page of Robert H. Gibbs Jr.'s field notebook. Fieldnotes refer to qualitative notes recorded by scientists or researchers in the course of field research, during or after their observation of a specific organism or phenomenon they are studying. The notes are intended to be read as evidence that gives meaning and aids in the understanding of ...

  3. Field research - Wikipedia

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    Field research has a long history. Cultural anthropologists have long used field research to study other cultures. Although the cultures do not have to be different, this has often been the case in the past with the study of so-called primitive cultures, and even in sociology the cultural differences have been ones of class.

  4. Participant observation - Wikipedia

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    Participant observation is one type of data collection method by practitioner-scholars typically used in qualitative research and ethnography.This type of methodology is employed in many disciplines, particularly anthropology (including cultural anthropology and ethnology), sociology (including sociology of culture and cultural criminology), communication studies, human geography, and social ...

  5. Ethnography - Wikipedia

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    Robert M. Emerson, Rachel Fretz, and Linda Shaw summarize this idea in their book Writing Ethnographic Field Notes using a common metaphor: "the fieldworker cannot and should not attempt to be a fly on the wall." [25] Ybema et al. (2010) examine the ontological and epistemological presuppositions underlying ethnography. Ethnographic research ...

  6. Historical particularism - Wikipedia

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    Historical particularism (coined by Marvin Harris in 1968) [1] is widely considered the first American anthropological school of thought.. Closely associated with Franz Boas and the Boasian approach to anthropology, historical particularism rejected the cultural evolutionary model that had dominated anthropology until Boas.

  7. Outline of anthropology - Wikipedia

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    Anthropological theories of value – theories that attempt to expand on the traditional theories of value used by economists or ethicists; Cyborg anthropology – studies the interaction between humanity and technology from an anthropological perspective; Museum anthropology – domain that cross-cuts anthropology's sub-fields

  8. Applied anthropology - Wikipedia

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    Applied anthropology is the practical application of anthropological theories, methods, and practices to the analysis and solution of practical problems. The term was first put forward by Daniel G. Brinton in his paper "The Aims of Anthropology". [1] John Van Willengen defined applied anthropology as "anthropology put to use". [2]

  9. Ethnography of communication - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is a method of discourse analysis in linguistics that draws on the anthropological field of ethnography. Unlike ethnography proper, though, EOC takes into account both the communicative form, which may include but is not limited to spoken language, and its function within the given culture. [2]