Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Observación participante

English translation:

participant observation

Mar 10, 2009 02:56
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Spanish term

Observación participante

Spanish to English Other Anthropology
No sé si existe este término en inglés.. ojalá me puedan ayudar. Creo que la palabra "participante" tiene más el sentido de "involvement" que "participatory"...

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La Observación Participante (OP) consiste en la utilización de investigadores de campo que VIVEN por períodos de tiempo en las comunidades, llevando consigo los parámetros fundamentales de investigación, concentrándose en observar y describir dichos parámetros mientras van integrándose en la vida diaria de la comunidad.

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participant observation

This is a well-known technique for doing field reasearch in anthropology:

Participant observation is a type of research strategy. Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals (such as a ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participant_observation

Plus my undergrad degree is in anthro ...

Peer comment(s):

agree Marjory Hord : good
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thank you!
agree Soledad Caño
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thanks, too!
agree Kathryn Litherland : Absolutely and without a doubt. I'll see your undergrad, Patricia, and raise you a PhD. :-)
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Thanks, Kathryn! (Got as far as an MA in Latin Amer. Studies, but couldn't see my way clear to do more, so congrats to you!)
agree Maha Medhat
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active (on-site/in situ) involvement

I would say ...

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or: observation

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although it sounds like "translatees" the term "participant observation" does appear in some refs so a possibility too

In anthropology, the same oxymoronic claim appears as "participant observation," an intervention in people's daily lives legitimized by claims of both a ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0521389089...

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Observing the whole or total situation and remaining an active listener is ... from the traditional participant-observation method used in anthropology in ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0071353976...
Participant observationParticipant observation has its roots in anthropology and its used as a .... participant — pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpət сущ. участвующий, участник active participat активный ...
dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/211098 - 22k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] Ch 2.inddFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
History of Fieldwork: Passive vs Active Social Anthropologists. Methodology of Fieldwork. Participant Observation. Other Methods. Ethical Guidelines ...


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.2. Fieldwork and active observation: first principles and rules. The Rashomon effect. Module IV. The subject of culture in Anthropology 4.1. ...
www.uevora.pt/ensinos/disciplinas/11_ciclo/disciplina/(codi... - 22k - Cached - Similar pages
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