But these are not authentic folk artists. They did not grow up in the communities whose traditions they borrow, immersed in the total culture and learning directly from their seniors. But I digress . . . . This kind of fieldwork is akin to ethnographic or anthropological research. The setting and social situation in which a tradition normally occurs.
Success depends on establishing rapport, and the skills of fieldworker.
Induced Natural Context A compromise between natural and artificial contexts. The fieldworker attempts to replicate the physical and social environs in which the tradition normally occurs. For example, a evening gathering of kin and neighbors, for telling tales, singing songs. If yes, then your methodology will be observation , or participant-observation , of the event in its natural context. In either case, documentation should be followed by interviews with performers and other participants.