实地研究是一种深入到研究对象的生活背景中,以参与观察和无结构访谈的方式收集资料,并通过对这些资料的定性分析来理解和解释现象的社会研究方式。本文参照威廉·富特·怀特完成《街角社会》时的实地调研成功经验并结合笔者做参与观察研究时的感受,谈谈从事群体实地研究时需要注意的一些技巧和方法。 Field research is a way to collect information through participatory observation and unstructured interviews, and to understand and explain the phenomena of social research through the qualitative analysis of the data. Based on the successful field research done by William F. White in the field of “Corner Society” and the author’s experience in participating in observational studies, this article talks about some techniques and methods that people should pay attention to when conducting group field research.