I'm not sure if this is what you want, but the Margaret Mead books
Coming of Age in Samoa
Growing up in New Guinea
(and possible Boyer and Shankman's The Trashing if Margaret Mead)
might help. I don't expect anyone on this list doesn't know, but just in case, Mead was the first anthropologist to do fieldwork that involved living with those who she was studying. So these books tell of how she did this. The Trashing refers to a strange witch hunt orchestrated by, I think, a New Zealand academic who objected to this approach and went to great lengths to find fault. The fault he found that I know of (rather amusing) does not, in my mind, invalidate her method (immersion) at all.
Well, I may be well wide of the mark and not providing what you're looking for at all. Or not.
Ranulph
On 25 Jan 2011, at 16:09, Susana La Luz wrote:
> Hey all,
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> I've got a research methods issue that I was hoping one (or more) of you might be able to help me with:
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> Does anyone have anything from anywhere reputable that defines "cultural immersion" as a method for research and/or learning? I'm not talking about something that expounds on the VALUE of cultural immersion, but something that actually DEFINES it--how it's conducted, under what circumstances, with what methods, for how long, degree of exposure, etc.?
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> Any leads would be VERY helpful.
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> Thanks for your time!
> --Susana
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