20 Social Situation Triangles... Dun Dun Dun...

In class last week we were challenged to make at least 20 social situation triangles.  The idea behind this is that on each corner you have three key elements-the players, the activity, and the location of things we could possibly study in the field.  Here are some of the things I came up with for my project.  With a topic as broad as mine, I have a lot of options


Players:

1. Me
2. Nuns
3. Monks
4. Bus driver
5. Western travelers
6. New immigrants
7. Indian tourists
8. Indian shop keepers
9. My group members
10. The restaurant workers
11. Guy who sells stuff on the corner 
12. Community leaders
13. NGO workers
14. Older generation from Tibet
15. Hindi teacher 
16. Original inhabitants of Dharamsala
17. Host family members
18. Other researchers
19. People waiting in lines
20. Yoga instructor

Activities:

1. Cultural celebrations
2. Meditation
3. Story telling
4. Debate at the temple
5. A day at work
6. Weddings and funerals
7. Showing religious devotion
8. Walking around the temple
9. Playing music
10. Teaching children
11. Studying
12. Selling to tourists
13. Creating different artwork
14. Taking a walk
15. Yoga
16. Cooking a meal
17. Reminiscing about Tibet
18. Contacting family members
19. The Internet cafe
20. Interacting with foreigners

Location:

1. The bus
2. Around the Dalai Lama's temple
3. On my street
4. In a monastery
5. At my other BYU student's houses
6. Restaurants
7. Tourist attractions
8. In the homes of other natives
9. Holy sites
10. Dharamsala as a whole but also McLeod
11. The market
12. The fields
13. Shops
14. Children's village
15. Hiking in the mountains
16. The train
17. NGO's
18. On my mid semester retreat
19. At home
20. In the internet cafe

It was harder than I thought it would be to come up with this list.  I think that if I had been there before this would be a lot easier.  It is hard to visualize still.