Cultural anthropologists often spend a great deal of time in the communities where they conduct research and they ask lots of questions as people work, celebrate, dance, or play games. What is the term used for this process?

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Sofia Davis

14 April, 13:43

Cultural anthropologists often spend a great deal of time in the communities where they conduct research and they ask lots of questions as people work, celebrate, dance, or play games. What is the term used for this process?

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Isiah Burke · Answer 1

Participant observation

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Participant observation is the way in which a person share a great deal of time with a group of people with aim of getting a better understanding of their community or society or with the aim is to gain a close familiarity with a given group of individuals in the society by observing them which is why the Cultural anthropologists often spend a great deal of time in the communities where they conduct research and they ask lots of questions as people work, celebrate, dance, or play in other to observe the participants.