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Instructor Supplement

  
EthnoQuest®: An Interactive Multimedia Simulation for Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork, Version 3.0 1/e
Frances F. Berdan
Edward A. Stark
Carey Van Loon
Published July 2004 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2005, 144 pp., CD-ROM Only
ISBN: 0-13-185013-X
List Price:
$39.20
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Summary

This interactive multimedia simulation is comprised of a series of ethnographic encounters set in a computer-based learning environment. It provides users with a realistic problem-solving learning experience in a novel cultural setting. It is designed to propel learners closer to the fieldwork experience by sending them on a simulated fieldwork adventure to the fictional Mexican village of Amopan. KEY TOPICS: Each game includes sophisticated graphics and original video that allow players to experience realistic outcomes based on their responses and reactions to questions. The path individuals take depends on how they decide to proceed through each game.MARKET: For armchair anthropologists.

Features

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.

~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–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.

CD-ROM comes with a student workbook. 

~Allows students to record their observations and answer questions based on their experiences in each game.



Table of Contents



Preface and Acknowledgments.


How to Use this Field Guide and Workbook.

FIELD GUIDE.

1. About EthnoQuest®.

Your Research Proposal. Your Budget. Your Annual Calendar for Research in Amopan.

2. About Amopan, Its People, and Its Environs.

3. Playing EthnoQuest®: Adventures in Amopan.

How to Play EthnoQuest®. The Simulations of EthnoQuest®. Bronislaw Edmund Radcliffe-Pritchard. How to Interact with the Villagers. A Note about Language. About the Background Music.

4. Reminders and Hints in Playing EthnoQuest®.

The Icons. The Plaza. Colors and their Meanings. Dialogue. Quizzes and Problem-Solving Situations. Field Notes. Access to Additional Information and Clues. Moving about and Exiting the Game.

5. Clues for the Field and for Playing EthnoQuest®.

Some Tips for Taking Good Field Notes. Tips for Successful Fieldwork. Some Useful Nahuatl Phrases and Terms: Nahuatl to English. Some Useful Nahuatl Phrases and Terms: English to Nahuatl.

6. Some Hints for Playing the Simulations.

Getting There. First Encounters. Who's Who in Amopan. Working in the Fields. Marketday. The Day of the Dead. A Day in the Life of the Midwife. The Local Elections. A Feud Escalates. Telling Tales, Going Home.

7. Doing Ethnographic Fieldwork: Life in the Field.

The Preliminaries. Gaining Entry into the Community. Establishing Your Role. Achieving Rapport and Maintaining Objectivity. Selecting and Rewarding Informants. How to Obtain, Evaluate, and Record Information. Practical Considerations. Ethical Considerations. Exiting the Field.

Glossary.

Some Useful References.

Workbook.

Getting There: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

First Encounters: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Who's Who in Amopan: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Radcliffe-Pritchard's Census Form. Blank Census Forms. Model for Kinship Diagram. Map of Central Amopan.

Working in the Fields: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Table for Entering Cultivation Data.

Marketday: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Table for Recording Information about Market Vendors. Diagram of Amopan's Market.

The Day of the Dead: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Table for Recording Interview Responses.

A Day in the Life of the Midwife: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

The Local Elections: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

A Feud Escalates: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Telling Tales, Going Home: Answer Form for Completing Questions.

Field Notes.



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