Oberservation (n.) is revolutionary. The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will spark off a revolution.
Observing (n.) is not merely looking at; one observes in order to see what one would not see otherwise.
Observing (n.) a patch and seeing it involve different kinds of identity, which the words this patch do not reveal.
Observing (n.) the colour of a sample is not looking at some thing connected with it but looking at the sample in a peculiar way — opening your eyes to colour.
Observing (n.) is not one continuous state of mind but a family of activities and experiences — curiosity, observant expectation, surprise, and their faces and gestures.
Participant observation (n.) is a research method in which the researcher joins a group's daily life to study it from inside.
Participant observation (n.) is the method of finding culture through nonelicited everyday interactions.
Participant observation (n.) is endowed with the unique potential for addressing 'anticipation': A 'routine crisis in the pursuit of knowledge, which is how to deal with the unforeseen.
Participant observation (n.) is an oxymoronic term that defines the space of anthropology. Inescapably, 'observation' is the governing term.
Surveillance (n.) by a government agent's watchful eye may be the best incitement and guarantee of generosity and even of disinterestedness.
Surveillance (n.) no longer attacks freedom; people give themselves up to the gaze, and so the watched collaborate in their own exposure.
Surveillance (n.) grows more efficient the more we talk: digital technology turns communication itself into watching.
Surveillance (n.) works because not knowing whether anyone is watching makes us act as if someone always is.