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If you are observing people, you can choose two general ways of observation: participant observation and discreet observation. Participant observation is a common method of ethnographic research in sociology and anthropology. In this observation, researchers can interact with participants and become part of their community. Margaret Mead is a famous anthropologist who spent a long time in the learning community and interacted with it. On the contrary, in discreet observations, you do not interact with participants, they just record their actions. In most cases, people have to voluntarily participate in research, but in some cases it is permissible not to let participants know that you are observing them. In places considered as public places such as campus food courts and shopping centers, people do not expect privacy, so it is generally acceptable to observe without the participants' consent.

Since the 1970s, cultural anthropological methods have shifted from specific observations to observational details. During the observation period ethnographic journalists tried to become emotional participants and observers who quietly and quietly observe the lives of other people. In participating observations, ethnographic journalists experience and observe participation of themselves and other people in ethnic encounters. The transition from one method to another requires a representative transformation without self-centered ethnographic memoirs and standard monographs centered on "others". I make a choice between them, but I present myself and others in the story together. Ethnographic magazine focused on the essence and process of ethnographic dialogue

• Observation is what you see in ethnologists' eyes. It is important to recognize that your observations are always filtered through the explanation framework and are not objective and neutral. What you observe may depend on a theoretical framework (eg consisting of allocation problems). Your observation will also depend on your careful attention to details as well as your observation, documentation and explanation skills. Again, what you notice or ignore depends on your knowledge of your prejudice and the (very practical) observation opportunity.