Some of the untruths were noted in Andrew Rowans piece about occasions between foreigners and locals "not being straightforward or even lying." They denoted this type of cultural in tourist filled areas like Saigon. The mannerisms in Vietnam highlighted the type of demeanor that is acceptable in which "white lies more often than not are perfectly acceptable." This facade that Saigon is so friendly, honesty, and jovial setting can be easily decieved especially given the established demeanor of the people. And these white lies can potentially continue to be perpetuated by emphasizing this notion of " the short term orientation that many people seem to take" in other words, quick fixes. With quick fixes, you aren't exactly addressing the root of any problems, but just putting a band-aid on it (which could be masked with a white lie.)
Another important highlight from this article was understanding the audience and market. The article denoted as to how different regions of Vietnam would not respond to the same market plan. That observation will be important to our research project in which we must understand the complexities of different parts of SF, especially within SF Chinatown. We can't look at SF Chinatown, but work to dissect the inter working communities within Chinatown itself. We must also work to understand the age ranges, types of users, and types of access (to an app) folks from this community.
In the Palmer article, they analyze and criticize the impacts of agent orange on the land of Vietnam, Vietnamese communities, and american/Vietnamese-american soldiers. One aspect of the article that stood out to me was the little compensation for the American and Vietnamese American soldiers affected by Agent Orange, but what stunned/shocked me was the neglect of the Vietnamese community in which their own soil (that they eat from) and the offspring produced (in which they receive the effects from Agent Orange) are not compensated. This horrendous neglect and oversight of these folks works to ensure the important in addressing all the possible avenues and all parties involved in my research project.
Blog Question: How does increased or decreased tourism affect the unspoken understandings of a community?
References
Palmer, Michael G. “The Legacy of Agent Orange: Empirical Evidence from Central Vietnam.” Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 60, no 5, Mar 2005, pp. 1061-1070.
Rowan, Andrew. “Expectations, Social Context, and Miscommunication.”
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