Challenges of field research. Between involved participant and outside observer

Abstract

The article is a theoretical contribution that deals with problems of field researcher. Shows difficulties related to researcher's morality, their role as a witness and an observer, describes etic and emic research. The authors begin their deliberations with an in-depth description of the essence of the relationship created between the arrived researcher and rooted in the given research community. They review anthropological research, pointing to valuable discoveries of field researchers, and do not bypass the description of difficult situations related to the experience of social relations that can not be experienced or described adequately from the privacy of an office.<br/><br/>

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Claudia Chovgrani, Magdalena Cieślikowska, Katarzyna Odyniec

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  • EP ID EP600100
  • DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0013.2883
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Claudia Chovgrani, Magdalena Cieślikowska, Katarzyna Odyniec (2019). Challenges of field research. Between involved participant and outside observer. International Journal of Pedagogy, Innovation and New Technologies, 6(1), 122-126. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-600100