The English-language Wikipedia article on thick description, covering the method's origin with Gilbert Ryle and its anthropological development by Clifford Geertz.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick_description
Source TypeEncyclopedia
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Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional and historical claims. Sources
Wikipedia: Thick Description
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A thick description is a description of human social action that describes not just physical behaviors, but their context as interpreted by the actors as well, so that it can be better understood by an outsider.
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- Social Theory and Concepts, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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8Social Theory and Concepts
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1Social Theory and Concepts
General References
4Social Theory and Concepts
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