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

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

In my PhD thesis in Environmental Science, I used fieldwork amongst 'neorural' communities in the Iberian Pyrenees, & direct participation amongst 'okupas' (squatters) in Barcelona, I reflect on the two methodologies (ethnographic investigation & participant observation) that I used, & I discuss their application with respect to the style & 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 & observed is purely artificial. I discuss the epistemological implications.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Investigando estilos de vida de neorurales y okupas: intuiciones epistemológicas y personales sobre la observación participante y la lógica de la investigación etnográfica
• Extent: Seite(n): 16-40
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social(10)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cattaneo, Claudio
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Spanien
• (when): 2006

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-64229
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST