1) Begin by reminding us what your target culture is and who your informant is (basic age, gender, occupation, etc.) 2 sentences total!
2) What aspect of their culture did you find the most different/foreign from your own? Each member, 1-2 sentences!
3) What aspect was your favorite and/or you wish you could get Americans to adopt? 1 sentence per member
4) What aspect emerged in your interviews that you think would be the most difficult for Americans to adjust to? 1 sentence per member!
5) What aspect did you problematize in developing your diagnostic? In other words, what was it that you felt you needed to know more about in order to better understand the underlying system of the culture in this aspect. 3-5 sentences total!
6) How did you design and implement your diagnostic? Meaning, what did you do in order find out what you needed to about the problematic aspect of both cultures--show photos, video clips, sound clips, Garfinkeling, etc. 3-5 sentences total!
7) Show us whatever you showed your subject/informants. 2-3 sentences per member, tops!
8) Tell us what you learned about the Americans. 2-3 sentences per member, tops!
9) Tell us what you learned about the Americans. 2-3 sentences per member, tops!
10) Give us recommendations about contextualization cues, frames, scripts, adjacency pairs, etc. that are key to understanding the system for Americans wanting to communicate smoothly in your target culture as 'beautiful Americans.' 2-3 sentences per member, tops!
You should be be able to do this in 10 minutes, tops. Each beautiful sentence should be a work of art (and heart, hopefully).
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