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Chapter 2. The research project

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Abstract

Chapter 2 defines the methodological plan of the empirical study regarding CISV (Children’s International Summer Villages) activities. After a presentation of CISV, an international organisation devoted to peace and intercultural education, the chapter focuses on the methodology adopted to observe the cultural presuppositions of interactions within CISV villages and summer camps, in which the participants are children (villages), adolescents (summer camps), adult leaders of children/adolescents delegations, camp directors, and other staff. The field study includes video-recording of interactions, questionnaires and interviews in 12 villages and camps. The analysis is centred on (1) the participant’s narratives, i.e. their constructions of the meanings of cultural presuppositions emerged during the activities, and (2) the linguistic cues for the cultural presuppositions of interactions involving these participants during the activities.

Abstract

Chapter 2 defines the methodological plan of the empirical study regarding CISV (Children’s International Summer Villages) activities. After a presentation of CISV, an international organisation devoted to peace and intercultural education, the chapter focuses on the methodology adopted to observe the cultural presuppositions of interactions within CISV villages and summer camps, in which the participants are children (villages), adolescents (summer camps), adult leaders of children/adolescents delegations, camp directors, and other staff. The field study includes video-recording of interactions, questionnaires and interviews in 12 villages and camps. The analysis is centred on (1) the participant’s narratives, i.e. their constructions of the meanings of cultural presuppositions emerged during the activities, and (2) the linguistic cues for the cultural presuppositions of interactions involving these participants during the activities.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Empowering dialogue in intercultural settings 3
  5. Chapter 2. The research project 29
  6. Chapter 3. The CISV narrative 47
  7. Chapter 4. Organisational meetings 1 75
  8. Chapter 5. Organisational meetings 2 101
  9. Chapter 6. Activities 1 127
  10. Chapter 7. Activities 2 155
  11. Chapter 8. Activities 3 173
  12. Chapter 9. Activities 4 199
  13. Chapter 10. Activities 5 217
  14. Conclusions 241
  15. References 265
  16. Index 273
Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
This chapter is in the book Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.4.02bar

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Empowering dialogue in intercultural settings 3
  5. Chapter 2. The research project 29
  6. Chapter 3. The CISV narrative 47
  7. Chapter 4. Organisational meetings 1 75
  8. Chapter 5. Organisational meetings 2 101
  9. Chapter 6. Activities 1 127
  10. Chapter 7. Activities 2 155
  11. Chapter 8. Activities 3 173
  12. Chapter 9. Activities 4 199
  13. Chapter 10. Activities 5 217
  14. Conclusions 241
  15. References 265
  16. Index 273
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