Building rapport is building trusting relationships. The author, Seth Holmes, establishes rapport with the Triqui migrants in a couple ways. The main way he establishes relationships with the migrant farmworkers is through participant observation. Holmes joins the Triqui migrants on their voyages. He travels with them across the border into the United States, endures the harsh conditions alongside the migrants picking berries, and befriends the workers.
Participant observation is an important tool in this case because without it, Holmes might not have had to quality of research he could get. Throughout the book, he simplifies his research to observing “how the poor suffer”. Samuel, a fellow farmworker, explains to another Mexican migrant that
Participant observation is an important tool in this case because without it, Holmes might not have had to quality of research he could get. Throughout the book, he simplifies his research to observing “how the poor suffer”. Samuel, a fellow farmworker, explains to another Mexican migrant that