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1. I would go and live/work as a campaign supporter or organiser in some capacity, for a politcal candidate that is from the extreme right wing conservative species. I would go “undercover” and document the thought process and technical process of the small inner workings that goes on in such a campaign. I would really try and understand how political most of these people are, and how many are just volunteering as a way to participate and know nothing of politics, jst that the candidate is christian. I will keep an open mind but the writing would be satirical in the end…I think.

   posted by elizabeth on 3-21-2009 at 2:52 pm

2. I would go live/work with an unemployed family in either an urban metropolis or a suburban town to show the effects of the recession on John Q. Public. The writing would be along the lines of Nickel and Dimed, but instead I would document the lives of the unemployed family, not try to emmulate them. This book would be more powerful than Nickel and Dimed because instead of going back to the high life, as Barbara Ehrenreich did, the family would still be stuck in the recession. The book would be the modern-day love child of Grapes of Wrath and Nickel and Dimed. This book would be highly influential in bringing the recession, and its effects, to the upper middle class families and those who cannot relate to the lives of those in poverty.

   posted by Dan on 3-21-2009 at 3:38 pm

3. I would write about how our economy affects the chinese economy. with so much of our stuff made in china, us being out of money has to affect them. I would live with and write about Chinese factory workers. we should care because we already owe them a lot of money, and rely on them for so much of what we buy.

   posted by Isaac on 3-21-2009 at 3:50 pm

4. I have always wanted to go live in a group home with recovering drug/alcohol abusers. I’ve always asked myself why would anyone in their right mind would start using hard drugs like meth, coke, (insert oft-abused narcoctic).

   I would talk to each member of the house and see how they ended up here. Was it because of a rough childhood? Was it because of the group they ran around with? I would also want to know how they’re coping, how they plan on making it out back to the world, sobered.

   I’ve always felt knowledge is always the most powerful tool in detering anyone from using drugs. If my book was published, and the book fell into the hands of a young teen who may be offered to snort a line or shoot up later in life, I would hope they would remember my book and pass on the offer.

   The biggest hope that I would have is to stop a cycle of abuse. I do not know the current statistic, but at one time I think over 60% of drug abusers came from families or enviroments that supported such culture. I know we could not entirely wipe out the culture, but we can hope to lessen the impact.

   posted by Scott on 3-21-2009 at 3:51 pm

5. I would live with a top member of Westboro Church in Kansas. I would like to see how they live day to day. I would be interested in seeing their sermons and see if they spit hate at every sermon or just the public ones.

   posted by Just Jason on 3-21-2009 at 3:58 pm

6. It’s a little less serious, but I’ve always thought that, were I an anthropologist, it would be really interesting to follow and live with the NASCAR fans who camp in RV’s at every track. I used to live near a track, and a miniature community constructs itself every year during raceweek. There are residential areas, marketplaces, even churches. I think it would be interesting to see how the social norms, expectations, and authority are negotiated and what draws people to this community (many could just as easily stay elsewhere or drive in on the day of the race).

   That ethnography would be unlikely to change the world, perhaps, but I do think it would be an interesting case study of the temporary communities that develop when “fan groups” come together, and the culture that they share. It could tell us a little bit about how individuals linked by common interest function as a group living together, what shared values are important, and what expectations such groups place on their members. Plus, there would probably be more than a little bit of beer involved in the research, so that wouldn’t hurt.

   posted by Todd on 3-21-2009 at 4:14 pm

7. Running the risk of over-expanding the boundaries of the question, I would live as a member of a factory farm, but not as an employee, as part of the flock. Think of it as IDA meets “Gorillas in the Mist.” Perhaps I’ll call my book “Chickens in the Excrement?”

   Why we should care is that, although in some places progress is being made, much of our country continues to turn away from the suffering of millions of animals every millisecond of every day. The hope would be that a survivor account by a verbal being of what it is like to spend every living moment in the depths of hell could bring more compassion into our world.

   “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
   - Mahatma Gandhi

   posted by jo on 3-21-2009 at 4:35 pm

8. The most interesting ethnography. Having the most interesting career in mind, I’d like to highlight the leap of industrial innovations that are not only trying to highlight themselves through the work they bring but also the way they help in every life. Having a car does bring in the travel needed for a nice career, more than not the invention of the plane can be highlighted, most of all I’d go for the comparison of them both towards a horse that our great grad parents had for the use of not only work but everyday life in the industry of every nation.

   Where will you go? With whom will you live, observe and write about? Why should we care? Writing for not only the use of every influences, but also the every man that will help you with what little work you can bring him. I’d tell you that the work of man can be seen in middle America, with the nation that is not only going with out a doubt to it’s limit, but to the field it self, a farming family.

   Why would anybody care about them, the truth is we don’t care about them. The missed life of a farmer can only be seen by his own fellow farmer. A union that will be there for him through out time.

   posted by Ben on 3-21-2009 at 5:13 pm

9. This requires a background story.

   When I was in middle school, everybody who was anybody went to ballroom dancing school once a week. The boys had to wear ties, the girls had to wear white gloves, and we danced with each other. All the women chaperones went by Mrs. (husband’s full name). It was humiliating. But it was only when I got older that I realized it was also completely bizarre. A friend of my mom’s, who was a chaperone, told about a time a girl had forgotten her white gloves, and so was being sent home by the head chaperone. However, before she could kick the girl out, another chaperone rushed over and cried, “Don’t you know who that is?!” and proceeded to whisper a name to her. The girl was allowed to stay.

   This would be significantly less weird if it weren’t in Portland, Oregon, self-designated liberal hippy bubble. I would go undercover in the loves of this weird, wanna-be-East-Coast upper class society and figure out where the heck it came from. It would deal, also, with a topic that has always interested me, which is the American concept of coming west. People historically came west to escape things, to start anew, to forge a life for themselves– so what does it mean that the elites this new community set out immediately to emulate what they’d left behind? Why do people feel the need to separate themselves into an elite and an other, even when the other doesn’t care?

   Maybe it’s not as socially important or politically pertinent as some of these ideas, but I think it could be interesting and fun.

   posted by Hailey on 3-21-2009 at 6:15 pm

10. I would go underground in the world of the weird, the alternative, and the occult. So many people don’t even know that groups with such different worldviews exist, but they fascinate me. The pagans, wiccans, conspiracy theorists, UFO hunters, and paranormal investigators and believers all have their own hidden niches in society. Then there are the people who believe they are vampires, have paranormal abilities, believe in fae, or that they are fae themselves, or so-called time travellers and people who believe they have experienced time shifts or been to parallel universes. Even if some are lying, there are others who truly believe what they live. And who says there isn’t some truth in this secret knowledge? I want to find out.

    posted by Paradox on 3-21-2009 at 6:49 pm

11. I would go undercover in a chapter of the 9/11 Truth Movement, representative of one of the most bizarre conspiracy groups in the United States today. Over forty years have passed since the JFK assassination and over sixty years have passed since Roswell, so these conspiracies are nearly institutionalized by now. The 9/11 Truth conspiracy is fairly new and provides a means to track the development of a conspiracy nearly from the beginning (and since whacky college courses are all the rage today, why not “9/11 Trutherism and the Formation and Development of Conspiracy Theory Mentalities”?). Who ARE these people, and what motivates them to believe what they do? Even Steven Seagal has jumped onto this Bush-hating bandwagon.What do they actually DO at those meetings–do they actually talk about 9/11 ALL THE TIME, or (as I suspect) do they talk about what should go on their next t-shirt and the new season of “Lost”? Do they actually believe in all of this, or is it just a way for Generation Y college students to pretend they’re “protesting” something, or for Aging Hippies to pretend they’re “protesting” something new? And, most pressingly, who in the world coordinates their YouTube effort? Only a few years ago, a simple search of “9/11″ or “South Tower Falls” on YouTube would’ve yielded mostly news footage and documentaries. Today, YouTube has practically been hijacked (no pun intended) by “Truth” documentaries and amateur “analysis.” Who in the WORLD funds this? Where’s the money coming from? What’s the age grouping in these movements? How much time does each individual member actually put in? What’s the specific political makeup of the members? In an era when political apathy, especially in Generation Y, is a hot topic, actually living with the Truthers and trying to figure out what attracted them to this cause could say a lot about this country over the past eight years. Following it during the Obama administration would be even better. How will these beliefs evolve in a different political climate (one probably closer to the beliefs of most of the members)? How will it respond to its main cause–9/11 activism–being pushed out of the limelight by the recession? A modern conspiracy movement–that would be an interesting crowd to study.

    posted by Kristin L. on 3-21-2009 at 7:39 pm

12. I would do my ethnography on Civil War reenactors. As a Northern transplant to the South, it is interesting to meet people who have a different take on the Civil War than what I was taught (i.e. “War of Northern Aggression” as opposed to “we freed the slaves”). But I don’t know anyone who goes so far as to want to play the role of a soldier. I would like to find out what drives a person to essentially “play war”. Are they a homogenous group or does each reenactor have a different need fulfilled by the battle? I suppose a lot of them are history buffs, but I wonder how many are veterans, and especially veterans who have served during wartime. These to me would be the most interesting people; possibly fighting a battle in which the outcome is pre-ordained and unvarying provides a therapeutic outlet to having gone through the harrowing uncertainty of real warfare.

    posted by Diana on 3-21-2009 at 7:47 pm

13. I would study Scientology/Anonymous (Project Chanology). I know… soooo 2008. How is Scientology helping people? How is Scientology hurting people? Why does Anonymous do what they do? Are they trying to make people laugh, or make people aware? Both? These outlandish “raids” would definitely add humor to the project. I would follow the “hacktivists” (or cyberterrorists, depending on which term you prefer) both online and at their protests. I’d also study the numerous court cases on both sides, and the claims made against the church of scientology by former members.

    posted by Lisa on 3-21-2009 at 7:49 pm

14. I work as a Customer Service Representative, answering the phones and checking the websites for a company that has a lot of redneck customers. Daily I hear racist comments, especially about President Obama. Of course, the excuse is that they believe Obama will take away their Second Amendment rights. They talk about meetings, preparing for a war against our (the United States of America) government. I think I might want to study those guys, just to find out what they’re plotting.

    posted by Lisa on 3-21-2009 at 8:15 pm

15. I would tour around spending time with people suffering from the common cold. The beauty of this is, you can find these people anywhere you go. With my video camera, I would record various different sneezes, and the people letting them out. This project would work best in the film format because showing sneezes in slow motion would, I believe, be entertaining for everyone. Interviews and back-stories about people and their habits when under the weather, home-remedies – i’d be sure to find some quirky folks. Why should you care? You have a good sense of humor, and can definitely relate to having a cold. Plus, sneezes in slow-motion!

    posted by Marc on 3-21-2009 at 8:30 pm

16. i have no good answer to what undercover venture i might embark write about in a tell-all expose. but i do know that my very own semester at liberty university did enough damage to me to last a lifetime, and therefore i fully believe i deserve a copy of kevin’s book as a consolation prize. i can never get those 5 months back!

    posted by maria on 3-21-2009 at 10:32 pm

17. I wouldn’t plan on going undercover per se like the other commenters but more just observing this group of women I find fascinating. If I could travel back in time, even better.

    I would go to Gee’s Bend, Alabama, which is a small, poor African American town north of Selma, AL. The community is mostly cut off from land access due to the Alabama River. The ferry service to Gee’s Bend throughout its history has been notoriously unreliable – creating a very “close knit” family. Generation after generation of African American women from the improvished town learned the art of quilting. The quilt makers have become well known for their art and have traveled extensively to talk about their community and their quilts. Many of the women now have real incomes for the first time and their work, and its success, has helped to reunite and revive a dying community. I would love to get to know these fascinating women and observe the revival of the town. I think it is a great lesson in how strength and individual talent can overcome.

    posted by Emily on 3-21-2009 at 11:26 pm

18. I am quite frustrated by the fact that I have no talent in any measure for the musical arts,particularly in composition and performance (primarily) Musical Theatre. I have always been quite envious of those individuals gifted in this way and who are engaged in intensive study toward a life that encorporates these gifts.

    I would infiltrate places like Julliard and the Tisch program at NYU in order to feel a bit of the real life ‘FAME’ type experience!

    posted by amy on 3-22-2009 at 12:19 am

19. During one semester at a small-ish liberal arts college in the midwest, I worked on a live-to-tape, student-run sketch comedy show (think Saturday Night Live, by college kids, for college kids).

    Over the ten weeks that I assisted it was fascinating to see how similar the organization was to its “grown-up” counterpart. All the drama was there: The struggle with declining ratings, the arguments in the writers room over what was and was not funny, near-walk outs from fed up cue card writers and assistants, accusations of favoritism and “audition fraud”, etc.

    For the people who work on the show, it is all-consuming, but concern and love for the production stops at the studio door. The rest of the campus has basically no idea the thing even exists.

    If I could, I would love to go back and really analyze the fairy-tale, faux-Hollywood world my peers have created. I would document the show’s inception and history, as well as follow its alumni to see exactly where their “experience” got them.

    posted by Laura R. on 3-22-2009 at 12:20 am

20. Okay, realizing that my comment above really doesn’t fit what we’re looking for here (although, it did allow me a vent! ;-)), here’s another option:

    I would infiltrate those individuals who camp out for hours/days before the Grand Openings of such places as Chik Fil A and Apple Stores…

    posted by amy on 3-22-2009 at 12:26 am

21. As a college student, I’m constantly surrounded by a culture of people who are just tolerating the academic week until they can get to the bar on Thursday night (and then stay there until Sunday afternoon). All weekend, they update their Facebook status to keep a tally of how much alcohol they’ve consumed and inevitably record the exact time where they blacked out. They’ve contributed to the stereotype of the modern college student, but the rest of us don’t get what the big deal is. But as the “Most Boring Man on Campus” (A title which I acquired for my habit of playing Trivial Pursuit on Saturday nights. Against myself.), I intend to figure it out.

    What’s the point of a life measured out in shot glasses? In my hypothetical book, I will immerse myself in the party culture to see what it’s all about. I will track down students who took the easy road through college in order to leave plenty of room on their schedules for flip cup and figure out where their priorities are. I’d also like to see how successful the beer pong champs of the 1990s are in their current positions in the actual working world.

    Ideally my journey through the world of collegiate partying will help people like me come to some profound realization that brings about a new understanding among geeks like me who just don’t understand why people choose to live life drunk.

    posted by Brian on 3-22-2009 at 1:28 am

22. I would follow around people still living in communes started in the 60s and 70s. Figure out if 30 years later, their ideals still hold.

    There was one near where I grew up that all the kids called “Funny Farm”. Everybody still dressed like they hadn’t ever grown up. The streaks of grey in long hippie hair… it was weird for us kids.

    posted by patrick on 3-22-2009 at 8:58 am

23. This may be in the same vein, and we’ve got a (fictionalized) glimpse into things with the show ‘Big Love’, but I’d convert to Mormonism long enough to go to a wedding. The whole concept of garments and temples that disallow non-Mormons…fascinates me. Additionally, as a Soldier, I’m often struck by how many strict Mormon families I see tagging along with other Army Officers. Are the Mormons infiltrating the military in preparation for something? I dunno, but I’d love to find out. I’ve never met anybody I disliked because of their religion, but people often pique my interest with their different ways.

    posted by Ben on 3-22-2009 at 12:45 pm

24. I’ve always been really interested in how well our justice system works…or doesn’t. For school I’ve been researching for a paper on racial profiling and how police officers will arrest more black and Hispanic youth than white youth for possession of marijuana in New York City, even though possession is only a violation, and how this is just a tactic to get their information into the system. For my ethnography, I would expand my research paper to include the real life stories of victims of this racial bias and examine how it has hurt people. The statistics are startling and need to get more exposure.

    posted by Paloma on 3-22-2009 at 1:44 pm

25. WOO HOO! I feel so loved! Thanks Mental Floss!

    posted by Witty Nickname on 3-22-2009 at 3:01 pm

26. The fascinating hit new MTV show. True Life: Librarians. Shattering (and more frequently confirming) stereotypes.

    By a weird twist of fate, I’m spending an ill-conceived year in library school. My co-workers and fellow students are some of the most unintentionally interesting and bizarre people I’ve ever met. A year following the planet’s “gatekeepers of knowledge” would make a (very quietly) interesting ethnography.

    posted by 'cole on 3-22-2009 at 3:02 pm

27. I would go to Brown for a year and do the opposite. I was on Kevin Roose’s hall, and I’m too broke to buy a book. Giving plasma is my only source of income at the moment. So maybe I would go undercover as a blood bank collector and find out what they’re really doing with my bodily fluids.

    posted by Ryan Mercer on 3-22-2009 at 5:07 pm

28. I would go visit the shut in in japan also known as the hikikomori. The hikikomori are young Japanese who shut themselves in there rooms for at least 6 months up to a years. Sometimes I wonder if the internet has made this syndrome worse and if it would be something to cross cultures. You never know with today’s helicopter parents we have here in the Western world what could happen.

    posted by OnigiriFB on 3-22-2009 at 6:36 pm

29. Where will you go?
    I would go and stay with Native Americans. I would like ot live with ones that are on reservations and ones who are not. It would be a study to see how they truly live and function in today’s world. I would liek to observe the difference between tribes that have casinos. How has this impacted their culture and overall way of life? I would also study a tribe that lives more remotely. How have the changes in the world really impacted their overall well being. We should care because we as a society have changed their way of life, without their consent.

    Additionally, it might be interesting to compare the Native American tribes with the Amish or Mennonite communities. These communities have worked very hard at keeping their lives and practices separated from general life. It would be beneficial to see how they have been successful. Perhaps a dialog or sharing of that knowledge with Native Americans could change their future.

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    posted by Hilldawg on 3-22-2009 at 9:19 pm

30. I’d seek out the bad asses and “corrupt” secular kids that go to bible institutions. I know a girl who went to one university and came back angry with Christianity. I’ve heard of some interesting things that were done in order to live normally haha. From making the adjustments to trying to balance out religion and the rest of the world. Sneaking around, things on the down low. There has got to be more of these kids! The struggle between this cloistered community and those not. And wonder why they are at their school. Not that it’s a bad thing, but there has GOT to be more kids there quietly living with “sinful” objects tying them to every other college student across the nation. It’s sneaky, it’s sinful. It’s deliciously intriguing.

    posted by rilo89 on 3-22-2009 at 10:08 pm

31. It’s not necessarily where WILL I go, it’s where AM I going… This August my wife and I are moving to Turkey where we will be spending the following two years as teaching English. The combination of being an expat living in a new culture while trying to teach members of that culture about the American Lifestyle (we have been told we will be teaching mostly “conversational English”) should provide enough material…

    posted by Cameron on 3-23-2009 at 1:04 am

32. Don’t laugh!
    I would spend a summer partying in a major city’s entertainment district with a goal to better understand the Nightclub culture, so prevalent in our society.

    What is the lure? What is really being sought? Is it the buzz of alcohol? The chance of sex? To develop camaraderie? Or are they seeking something greater… like the chance to be “happy”? Or the escape from life as they know it? Do they really ever find it? Or is it just an unending ritual of self indulgence or self-denial?

    With a keen eye, I would study the summer crowds… the college regulars, the after-work winos, the weekend revelers and the night club newbies, watching for the rituals or rites that reveal themselves over the course of observation.

    I might write a chapter on the “Miso-myths of Moonshine Meccas” listing things like: “The hot chicks aren’t paid to be here!”, “My picture in the weekly city mag, flashing gang signs and otherwise, is cool!”, “Because I look good in these jeans, I am; and that means something in my life!” or “My stanky-legg is the classiest!”

    It is possible I would present a multi-media presentation titled: “Roulette of Reality”, in which every sixth bar-hopper gets photographed. Will my the slide show complilation compare to the glossies I keep finding on my windshield?

    In these times of economic uncertainty, where time is no longer equal to money, why do we want to keep seeking something we never seem to find? Especially when we have to stand in line behind velvet ropes, getting ID’d, having our hands stamped and paying cover-charges to boot! If my ethnography could save just one person from this vicious circle of life. It would be worth it, no? Surely, the highly esteemed Mental Floss judges in their infinite wisdom would agree!

    But this does leave the question… where do we find what we are looking for and what is it? But that is another Book…

    posted by NT4thBook on 3-23-2009 at 2:22 am

33. I’d go live and document THE GERMANS. It might sound like a strange subject for an ethnogrophy, but there is a lot to the Germans we don’t understand and can’t comprehend. In my experiences with Germany and Germans, I can’t figure them out at all. They like to squaredance, they’re all EXTREMELY nice, very academic, and they genuinely care about what you have to say. Many Germans have few inhibitions when it comes to showing off their nakedness, persuing their dreams no matter how unachievable they may be, and experimenting with off-kilter sexual conduct. Some 50% of Germans live their lives on Beer, Sausages, Krauten, and chocolate. Its true, I’ve seen it myself. I’m completely in awe of this new society where even after Hilter took over and ruled and turned the country into aryan hell; The Germans have been able to not only recover and prosper, but flabberghast many with their Charm, demenor, and overall peculiarness. To me its worth a little attention because the Germans are an example to us all, and I can’t think of ONE PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD who has met a modern German and hasn’t liked him/her. Weird they may be, but worth a good conversation.

    posted by Kate on 3-23-2009 at 4:01 am

34. i would do a study on the local group of underground enforcers in davao city. they are called the “davao death squad” or the dds for short and they are supposedly backed by the city government in an attempt to unceremoniously exterminate “snatchers, pushers, and drug addicts”. they are a highly secretive group and of course the local officials deny any knowledge of their existence. they definitely do exist though, since the hits on the ‘evil doers’ are not uncommon.

    if i were to study them i would secretly infiltrate their ranks and determine: their group identity, or what their cohesive self concept is; their individual self concepts and what motivates them to administer their personal justice on this society; the method by which they find and destroy their targets; whether there is any basis to the claim that they are in direct collaboration with the local government. it would also be cool to see a hit go down.

    these people would make a fascinating study because they are like a larger, more shadowy local version of batman. like batman, these people ride the line between illegal vigilante and public savior. even though they have no legal basis and we have no way of knowing if the people that they kill are legitimate “evil doers” they enjoy the respect and gratitude of the people who endured excessive amounts of street violence before the group’s inception.

    posted by pearl on 3-23-2009 at 7:02 am

35. Maybe to serious but…
    I would head out to the mountians in the Copan region of Honduras. There the people are in villages living in mud huts farming the land with little knowledge of a global economy or world conflicts. I would like to document not just how they spend their time but if they do things for entertainment. The rest of the world seems obsessed with being entertained or taking part in some global concern yet these people are seperated from all of that. I’m also interested in their views of God or gods as they are mostly descendants of the Maya Indians. What stories have been handed down or have been brought in from outside villages.

    posted by Kev in GA on 3-23-2009 at 8:19 am

36. I would spend a semester following around and aiding the compassionate ministries of the world. I want to know how they do it, how they maintain their sanity in the face of injustice, and how they finance their ventures. My son just spent a week at an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota, and now I feel like I need to follow. How does Habitat for Humanity work, or Compassion International? I want to know more so I can do more.

    posted by Kevin Beeson on 3-23-2009 at 10:38 am

37. I would love to spend a few months traveling with and exploring the inner workings of a traveling circus. In the old days, circus folks had a culture all their own, with unique slang, rules, and attitudes, as well as a sense of “family.” I am curious to see what the culture is like today — how it has changed in a world that is increasingly technological, connected, and politically correct. What are their thoughts on ethical treatment of animals? As they travel around, what sort of bonds are formed among the performers and other staff? What sort of people are attracted to this environment?

    I have always been fascinated by eccentrics, and the circus is full of them. I would love to get in there, participate, study, and report back to the rest of the world.

    posted by Frank on 3-23-2009 at 1:25 pm

38. I would like to spend a few months at a nunnery. I’m pretty sure they won’t let you join for just a few months, but I know that they will let you come stay and study with them. Having visited a cloistered nunnery in CT, I think that it would be interesting to spend some time learning from them (both religiously and craft-wise, they have their own dairy and blacksmithy). As one of the few cloistered orders left, I think that it would be interesting to see what about that lifestyle drew these women to it, and how the adjustment was. There are a wide variety of women there, from chemists to former movie stars (if you read articles about the Oscar voting system, she is the nun who is allowed to vote for Best Picture that they always talk about. The nuns like that because they like to watch the DVDs that they are sent).

    posted by Lesley on 3-23-2009 at 1:44 pm

39. @Lesley … They definitely will let you stay at a convent for a few months! Not join the order, but… I am a single, lay woman with no interest in becoming a nun that lived with nuns out of dumb luck for 6 months. I never thought of it as ethnography, but maybe I should have. I learned quite a bit about these amazing women! You can get books on staying in monastic guest houses and convents all over the world.

    As for my ethnography, I’d go stay with a different group of empty nesters for a few days at time over the course of two or three months. I’m in my mid-twenties so maybe I would still be able to look at them as if they were my parents. I would stay with people in different stages, with kids close to home and kids far away, in different states, maybe even countries. I love the idea of not staying with a group of people radically different from society, but rather looking at the differences we find in what we consider the norm.

    posted by April in Autumn on 3-23-2009 at 7:02 pm

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