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Council Member
On Cultural Experiences and FID
To All
I have said that I am building a MiTT/ETT reader as a parallel to a handbook. As part of that effort, I am putting together an article that deals with cultural awareness and immersion.
Here is what I am looking for from those of you with extensive experience in this realm:
A short vignette type account of where you were, what you were doing, and a specific incident of where cultural understanding led to success or failure. your vignette if used would be inserted as one of a series of illustrative examples in the larger essay I am writing.
Stan: hopefully you will not send me a vignette about the cultural difficulty in dealing with a irrascible colonel from Texas
PM me if you have something.
best
Tom
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Registered User
Tom,
I'm new here and still trying to find my way around your website. I'm not sure how to PM you and not even sure what that means. I lived among the Vietnamese in a rural setting for about 12 months during the war. Our small unit worked with local militia troops. I also spent many months there after the war and lived among, and had many conversations with, former friend and foe alike. I have been "immersed" in a foreign setting for nearly 13 years, still in this part of the world, and with fairly extensive travel in Laos and in Cambodia.
I could probably work something up for you with some examples which might be helpful.
Please advise if you are interested.
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