interpretive drift

is a methodological obstacle characterized by the slow shift in interpretation as the interpreter becomes more involved in the activity being interpreted.

The slow, often unacknowledged shift in someone's manner of interpreting events as they become more involved with a particular activity.' Involving the three-part process of, Interpretation, experience, rationalization. Luhrmann, Tanya M. 1991. Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England. Harvard University Press.

interpretive drift, n.All

interpretive drift