Participation is also a crucial part of fieldwork, as it creates connections and deepens fieldwork through emotional involvement. McHugh managed to achieve the first two elements by quietly participating and observing, proving how necessary this is during fieldwork. She makes an exemplary effort to stick to the ethnographic commitments of an anthropologist, as demonstrated by the way she adheres to different dress codes and is eager to engage in public activities. Fieldwork is not only about describing the details of people's lives, but also analyzing them to discover why people do the things that their culture has conditioned them to do..

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