relevant article

[James Landrum <james.landrum@ndsu.nodak.edu>]

Am sending this to the group, as it came across my desk via the ASAONET (Association of Social Anthropologists in Oceania) list serv, and in my opinion the article below has strong relevance for Human Markup.  National Geographic's new TV series, "Worlds Apart,"  is a "reality show" that focuses on culture exchange between families in different countries, i.e., they send American families to various remote locations around the globe for 9 days and set them up as "neighbors" of indigenous families. The families get a short but intense experience (immersion) of other peoples life ways. The article posted on National Geographic web site covers cross-cultural exchange, and has also discussion of clean water, health issues, and emergency medical preparedness (what I would normally refer to as a Health and Safety Plan, designed cover potential medical emergencies, and just as importantly from a corporate perspective, to defray risk of getting sued by family members who get sick or injured while participating in this program.
 Point being here that this is a good example of potential for Human Markup (in conjunction with EM (Emergency Management, to be applied in corporate environments, and in the entertainment (e.g., television and film) industry, as well as in institutional research environments, both in the field and in the lab. 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0610_030610_worldsapart.html

Glenda Hersh is the producer. She also produced "Doctors Without
Borders," a documentary series on National Geographic and various other
documentaries about travel and medicine. (Web searches)

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