Investigating neorurals and squatters' lifestyles: personal and epistemological insights on participant observation and on the logic of ethnographic investigation

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Autor principal: Claudio Cattaneo
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Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2006
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contents Investigating neorurals and squatters' lifestyles: personal and epistemological insights on participant observation and on the logic of ethnographic investigation Claudio Cattaneo Sociología Transdisciplinarity Detached observation Participant observing Participant observation Ethnographic investigation In my PhD thesis in Environmental Science, I used fieldwork amongst "neorural" communities in the Iberian Pyrenees, and direct participation amongst "okupas" (squatters) in Barcelona, I reflect on the two methodologies (ethnographic investigation and participant observation) that I used, and I discuss their application with respect to the style and to the particular context of the investigation. The experience of living within the Barcelona squatting community predated the decision to do the rural fieldwork; so, I argue, the distinction between observer and observed is purely artificial. I discuss the epistemological implications 2006 artículo científico 1578-8946 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=53701002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=537 Athenea Digital. Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social application/pdf Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Athenea Digital. Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social (España) Num.10
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spellingShingle Investigating neorurals and squatters' lifestyles: personal and epistemological insights on participant observation and on the logic of ethnographic investigation
Claudio Cattaneo
Sociología
Transdisciplinarity
Detached observation
Participant observing
Participant observation
Ethnographic investigation
Investigating neorurals and squatters' lifestyles: personal and epistemological insights on participant observation and on the logic of ethnographic investigation Claudio Cattaneo Sociología Transdisciplinarity Detached observation Participant observing Participant observation Ethnographic investigation In my PhD thesis in Environmental Science, I used fieldwork amongst "neorural" communities in the Iberian Pyrenees, and direct participation amongst "okupas" (squatters) in Barcelona, I reflect on the two methodologies (ethnographic investigation and participant observation) that I used, and I discuss their application with respect to the style and to the particular context of the investigation. The experience of living within the Barcelona squatting community predated the decision to do the rural fieldwork; so, I argue, the distinction between observer and observed is purely artificial. I discuss the epistemological implications 2006 artículo científico 1578-8946 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=53701002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=537 Athenea Digital. Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social application/pdf Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Athenea Digital. Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social (España) Num.10
title Investigating neorurals and squatters' lifestyles: personal and epistemological insights on participant observation and on the logic of ethnographic investigation
topic Sociología
Transdisciplinarity
Detached observation
Participant observing
Participant observation
Ethnographic investigation
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=53701002