deep hanging out The term ‘deep hanging' out was was initially coined by James Clifford in 1997 and later redefined by Clifford Geertz (1998) in a book review for The New York Review of Books. Geertz characterised 'deep hanging' out as a form of ‘localized, long-term, close-in, vernacular field research, unique to anthropology'.^[Geertz, Clifford _The Interpretation of Cultures._ London: Basic Books, 1993.] The idea of this participatory approach is 'to show up and hang out. Deeply. With the researcher becoming an active participant, member, observer, and analyzer all at once'.^[School of Commons, Deep Hanging Out, accessed 06 June 2023, https://www.schoolofcommons.org/waysworkings/deep-hanging-out] It describes a fieldwork method involving informal immersion in cultural, group, or social experiences.