Beliefs values and art forms
Beliefs values and art forms
Choose a religion/spiritual path to explore and visit a place where people worship/practice this belief (i.e., church, temple, mountaintop, etc.). Do try and experience something new so you can get a sense of what an anthropologist doing fieldwork for the first time would encounter.
Title your post with the name of the location you observed.
Provide a brief history of the belief system, a description of the people, place, and activities you observed.
If a ritual took place, do your best to describe it, including its religious significance and peoples’ reactions during the experience.
Reflect about your experience completing the observation.
What are some of the challenges of doing participant observation fieldwork?