What are some general guidelines applicable to most participant-observation fieldwork?

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER:
One should generally work one’s way down the political hierarchy, select one role and use it consistently, proceed slowly, and communicate to the local people that she or he is a student, wanting to learn more about a subject on which they are the experts.

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