asset mapping
Social Assets are the social relations people create to address the needs of everyday life. Assets are revealed through ethnographic data gathering techniques, such as participant observation and interviews.

focus groups
A group of people are recruited to discuss a particular topic. The conversation is facilitated by a moderator.

snowball sampling
A researcher asks key informants in a community to name other individuals in the community that are relevant to the research. This method is important in identifying local networks.

photo elicitation
Key informants are given cameras and asked to take photos of things relevant to themselves and the research. The researcher then develops the film and interviews the informant asking them to describe the photos.

Definitions compiled from:

The Dictionary of Anthropology (Barfield: 1997)
Research Methods in Anthropology (Bernard 1995)

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