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1 Participant Observation
One of many Field Methods

2 Participant Observation
Ethnographers/Anthropologist do not study animals in laboratory cages Ethnographers/Anthropologist subjects are humans Not in their procedures to manipulate, control or induce Participant Observation

3 Participant Observation
Take part in the community as we observe it While studying humans you cannot be a detached observer Take part in events & process Observe, comprehend, experience, and learn Participant Observation

4 Participant Observation
Napoleon Chagnon Napoleon Alphonseau Chagnon is an American anthropologist, professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri Studying the Yanomamo Participant Observation

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