methods used by anthropologists, scientists and/or individuals to discover cultural attributes during research of various venues; ethnographic methods include both informal and formal interviews, fieldwork, participant observationa technique of field research used in anthropology disciplines, by which an investigator (participant observer) studies the life of a group by sharing in its activities, using key consultants to confirm information, and academic research; in some cases it may also include interdisciplinaryresearch using resources from various disciplines (history, geography, biology, anthropology, etc.) to define, describe, or interpret findings More research with expert consultants