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How to write a fieldwork report for Social Anthropology?

I have an assignment for social anthropology where we have to sit somewhere (of our choice) for a few hours and observe and record everything we see other people doing. Its focus is to study human behavior and culture. We have to write an essay for this and I dont understand how it should be formatted!! Can anyone who's done this before please help me?
I would greatly appreciate it!
Thank you!!!!

Fieldwork in anthropology is based on the idea of participant observation. This means that you observe and write down everything that you see, but also you take part in things. So to take the above example, if you were at the fairground you must no only write down what you observe, but you have to go on the rides and write what you yourself feel.

Malinowski (1922) introduces participant observation as the cornerstone of anthropological method, he says not to be passive but to immerse yourself in the society that you are studying. If you cant immerse yourself you will always be looked on as an outsider. Also, dont just take note of the things that are unusual to you such as rituals or one time events, he emphasises the importance of recording what he calls "the imponderabillia of actual life", meaning the everyday things. How people wash etc.

I think you should either write it as a standard essay or maybe as a diary with emphasis on the chronology. The most important thing is to get as much information and as much detail down as possible. I dont recommend what the person above suggests which was to make up theories as to why people are doing things. This is an ethnography, and as the assignment says you have to sit down and "observe and record everything we see other people doing". thats all i would suggest you do, no crackpot theories if you dont have evidence to back them up.

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