Martians at the Airport

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

45 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity adapted by Katherine Yngve, CILMAR, IDA+A, Purdue University, from the following:

 

Batchelder, D. (1993). Martian Anthropology Exercise. In T. Gochenour (Ed.), Beyond experience (2nd ed., pp. 143-147). Intercultural Press.

Activity instructions, participant handouts, guidance on taking ethnographic field notes (all in Downloads). 

Further, this exercise works best if each participant has a notepad and pen/pencil or tablet with a stylus and notetaking app.