HOW TO USE THIS FIELD GUIDE AND WORKBOOK

This field guide is intended to assist you in negotiating your way through the EthnoQuest simulations. We recommend that you read through it before entering the village of Amopan, as it should greatly enrich your ethnographic experience.

We have divided this guide into several chapters. This is what they offer you:

• Chapter 1
  Theme: Introduction to the game
  Content: Your project, budget, schedule of research
• Chapter 2
  Theme: Ethnographic background
  Content: Information on the environment, people, and village
• Chapter 3
  Theme: How to play the game
  Content: How to proceed and what to expect; about language use
• Chapter 4
  Theme: Reminders and hints
  Content: The meanings of icons, colors, and the plaza, and how to deal with dialogue, quizzes, fieldnotes and other such matters
• Chapter 5
  Theme: How to get along in the field
  Content: Tips for taking fieldnotes and for a successful fieldwork experience; some useful Nahuatl expressions and terms
• Chapter 6
  Theme: Extra tips on playing each simulation
  Content: Each of the ten simulations' special requirements and expectations
• Chapter 7
  Theme: Background on ethnographic fieldwork
  Content: How to prepare wisely, gain entry, establish your role, select informants, collect meaningful information, and, in general, what to expect and how to cope

The Field Guide concludes with a Glossary and a Bibliography. The glossary offers you a quick reference to essential but somewhat specialized terms that appear in this Field Guide and on the CD-ROM. In the manual, these terms will be in boldface type the first time they appear. Following the Glossary is a list of "Some Useful References," should you wish to continue to pursue the fieldwork enterprise or research on Mexican cultures.

The final section consists of a Workbook. The Workbook includes material for you to complete as you undertake your assignments in Amopan. It also provides you with guidance, models, and examples to help you along. Finally, the Workbook contains a Field Notebook which you may use as you take notes.

• This CD-ROM based simulation allows students to mirror an ethnographer's experiences in the village of Amopan, Mexico. Students must complete the necessary grant proposals, decide what to pack, and travel to Amopan to start their research. The Plaza is the center of the village; from here the student enters each of EthnoQuest's games.

• Each game within the simulation builds on what the student has already done, so that game 2 (First Encounters) asks the student to find a place to live, game 3 (Who's Who in Amopan) allows the student to complete a census of the village of Amopan and to create a village map, and so on.

• Each game includes sophisticated graphics and original video that allow students to experience realistic outcomes based on their responses and reactions to questions. The path students take depends on how they decide to proceed through each game.

• The CD-ROM comes with a student workbook that allows students to record their observations and answer questions based on their experiences in each game.