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

Cattaneo, Claudio

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@article{ Cattaneo2006,
 title = {Investigating neorurals and squatters' lifestyles: personal and epistemological insights on participant observation and on the logic of ethnographic investigation},
 author = {Cattaneo, Claudio},
 journal = {Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social},
 number = {10},
 pages = {16-40},
 year = {2006},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-64229},
 abstract = {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.},
}