This research note explores the ethical and methodological implications of using drones for ethnographic research at events that involve simultaneous activities and/or large crowds and large spaces. Based on the methodological challenges of collecting visual data using cameras in the case of royal funerals in Ghana, this note argues that the aerial viewpoint provided by drones could transform visual data collection by capturing sophisticated views of multiple events happening at the same time. However, it also identifies ethical and methodological challenges of using drones and argues that it could obscure the understanding of sociocultural complexities. This research note contributes to our understanding of visual methodologies by highlighting how drone technology extends and complicates current understandings and debates on the use of photographs and films in ethnography.

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民族志研究中的多重性和同时性：探索在加纳使用无人机

本研究报告探讨了在涉及同时活动和/或大量人群和大空间的事件中使用无人机进行民族志研究的伦理和方法学意义。基于在加纳皇家葬礼的情况下使用相机收集视觉数据的方法挑战，本说明认为，无人机提供的空中视角可以通过捕获同时发生的多个事件的复杂视图来改变视觉数据收集。然而，它也确定了使用无人机的伦理和方法挑战，并认为它可能会掩盖对社会文化复杂性的理解。