Creative participation

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Creative Participation is a term used in social sciences to describe the position of the observer towards the observed. Creative Participation- originally a Lucien Levy-Bruhl term from the 1920's for analysing social relations of cultural groupings, modified and revived by the german ethnologist V. Dahlheimer- rewrites the traditional Participant_observation-approach and leaves more room for non-materialistic cognition. Dynamic movements which can not be measured from disconnected or relative viewpoints can be captured by means of feelings. Verification of data through creative participation is possible through practical conception only and can not be validated by theoretical means.

[edit] See also

• Fieldwork
• Participant observation
• Participatory Action Research
• Qualitative research
• Educational psychology
• Grounded theory
• Person-centered ethnography
• Clinical Ethnography
• Naturalistic observation
• Unobtrusive measures

[edit] Literature

• J. E. BoodinThe Law of Social Participation. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 27, No.1 (Jul., 1921), pp. 22-53