e/Reconstructive observation

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has gloss	eng: The term reconstructive observation has been coined by the German sociologist Thomas Loer and the German innovation adviser Armin Moehrle. It refers to a mode of collecting data in research processes in the social sciences and in consulting processes by observing people during their work or other activity and conducting conversation with them. While the researcher who collects data by participating in observations asks: “What the hell is going on here?” (Clifford Geertz*) and tries to get access to what is going on by diving into the reality of action and taking part in it, the researcher ‘observing reconstructively’ asks: “If Jesus is the answer–what was the question?” and tries to reconstruct the problem to which the observed actions are the solution during observing them. In this way, he always maintains his distance to the action even though he is present.
lexicalization	eng: reconstructive observation
instance of	c/Research methods