Metode puniki mawit saking penelitian ring lapangan para antropolog sosial, utamanyane Bronislaw Malinowski ring Inggris, para mahasiswa Franz Boas ring Amerika Serikat miwah penelitian perkotaan raris saking Chicago of Sociologi.
The method originated in the field research of social anthropologists, especially, bronisław Malinowski and his students in Britain, the students.