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  2. 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.

  3. Profession - Wikipedia

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    A 19th century etching of a farmer consulting with his doctor, vicar and lawyer. A profession is a field of work that has been successfully professionalized. [1] It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, professionals, who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted by the public as possessing special knowledge and skills in a widely recognised ...

  4. Manual labour - Wikipedia

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    Manual labour (in Commonwealth English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by humans, in contrast to labour by machines and working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word manual coming from the Latin word for hand ) and, by figurative extension, it is work done with any of the ...

  5. Social work - Wikipedia

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    Social work is an interdisciplinary profession, meaning it draws from a number of areas, such as (but not limited to) psychology, sociology, politics, criminology, economics, ecology, education, health, law, philosophy, anthropology, and counseling, including psychotherapy. [52] Field work is a distinctive attribution to social work pedagogy.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Harrow (tool) - Wikipedia

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    The disk harrow is used first to slice up the large clods left by the mould-board plough, followed by the spring-tooth harrow. To save time and fuel they may be pulled by one tractor; the disk hitched to the tractor, and the spring-tooth hitched to, and directly behind, the disk. The result is a smooth field with powdery dirt at the surface.

  8. Paddy field - Wikipedia

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    Paddy fields are a common sight in the Philippines. Several vast paddy fields exist in the provinces of Ifugao, Nueva Ecija, Isabela, Cagayan, Bulacan, Quezon, and other provinces. Nueva Ecija is considered the main rice growing province of the Philippines. [citation needed] The Banaue Rice Terraces are an example of paddy fields in the country.

  9. Central Public Works Department - Wikipedia

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    The Central Public Works Department (CPWD, Hindi: केंद्रीय लोक निर्माण विभाग) is a department under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs of India and is in charge of public sector works. It serves as the builder, developer and manager of Central government properties.