The new strategies he had used became efficient to his research and was receiving more feedback then before. Ultimately, he believes the method that allowed him a broader view of the village was statistic documentation by concrete evidence. However, he came to the conclusion that being "in-touch with the natives" is the "preliminary condition of being able to carry on successful fieldwork" (Malinowski 1923: 8).
Abu-Lughods is an Arab-American woman who had an insight of the Arab culture as her fieldwork site. Abu-Lughods's father who companied her to her field work study, explained to a Bedouin that she was raised in the U.S. and wishes to improve her Arabic, learn about society, and needs a family role model. Abu-Lughod came into the field site with background knowledge and help from her Arabian cousins. They helped her choose the correct wardrobe because what woman wore was very significant and important to the Bedouinian culture. As time went on in her fieldwork study she starts to pick up the basics of Bedouin vocabulary by closely observing the adults speaking to the children. Abu-Lughod had a proactive fieldwork study. She was very involved in this new environment and grew accustomed to it because she was so intrigued in everything they did. The community and Abu-Lughod soon joined together and became a whole. The Bedouin society gave Abu-Lughod the role as an adopted daughter because she was young, unmarried, and childless. They adopted her presence and made her one of them, they treated her like everyone else. She started seeing this abstract culture through their eyes. When she was given the role of the adopted daughter, men occasionally shouted commands at her. She states, "It was difficult being so dependent and powerless" (Abu-Lughods1986: 153). A woman did not have much say in anything especially the unmarried ones. The Bedouins culture was sex-segregated, there was an outstanding difference between how men and women were treated.