%0 Unpublished work %T Direct Observation and Ethnography %+ Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales (CESDIP) %A Fischer, Nicolas %J LIEPP Methods Brief / Fiches méthodologiques du LIEPP %3 LIEPP Methods Brief n°8 %I Laboratoire interdisciplinaire des politiques publiques (LIEPP, Sciences Po) %8 2023-05-08 %D 2023 %K ethnography %K direct observation %K policy implementation %K semi-structured interview %K interactions %K case study %K qualitative method %Z Humanities and Social Sciences %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Political scienceOther publications %X Direct observation or ethnography is a qualitative method that consists in directly observing the social situation under study-for example, the implementation of a public policy-implying a physical presence of the researcher in the situation at hand. It is a demanding method in terms of the commitment it requires (long-term physical presence in the field, systematic note-taking). It is particularly useful to account for the reality of practices and interactions, at a distance from official discourse. %G English %2 https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04097828/document %2 https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04097828/file/METHOD-8-Fischer%20.pdf %L hal-04097828 %U https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04097828 %~ SHS %~ SCIENCESPO %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-CERGY %~ AO-SCIENCEPOLITIQUE %~ UVSQ %~ CESDIP %~ UNIV-PARIS-SACLAY %~ UVSQ-UPSACLAY %~ UNIVERSITE-PARIS-SACLAY %~ CY-DROIT %~ ANR %~ GS-DROIT %~ GS-SOCIOLOGIE %~ LIEPP %~ LIEPP-METHOD