Evaluating the imitation game as a method for comparative research: a replication study using imitation games about religion

Evans, R. J. W.; Collins, Harry; Weinel, Martin; Lyttleton-Smith, Jennifer; O'Mahoney, Hannah; Wehrens, Rik

doi:10.1080/13645579.2021.1986316

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“…1 This allows for research on cultural fluency as an additive competence peoples' capacity to talk "as" one another (Collins and Evans 2014). Third, unlike most methods where the questions are established and answers are evaluated externally, including surveys or language tests, or interviews and focus groups where the discussion is led by the researcher, in the IG the participants can ask questions about whatever topics they think are likely to distinguish group members from nonmembers, and evaluate the competence of others according to their own criteria (Evans, Collins and Weinel 2019). Thus, the data are produced from the perspective of the participants themselves.…”

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“…So far, the IG has been used to study a wide range of topics, such as gender and sexuality (Collins and Evans 2014), religion (Evans et al 2021), chronic illness (Wehrens 2015), and national identities (Collins et al 2019). This article is the first to use the IG in the context of international migration and to address the rather traditional topic of acculturation.…”

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Acculturation Among Finnish Somalis: An Imitation Game Inquiry Into Bicultural Fluency

Segersven

Arminen

Simonen

2023

International Migration Review

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According to acculturation theories, members of immigrant second-generation minorities hold a broader cultural competence — a bicultural fluency — for living in two cultures, compared to members of the native majority who are mainly limited to the mainstream experience only. In this paper, we employ a new research method to acculturation research — the Imitation Game — to investigate this claim. Our case concerns second-generation Finnish Somalis and majority Finns. With a mixed-methods approach, we examine degrees of cultural competence among members of each group in their mutual interactions. Contrary to acculturation theories, the second-generation Finnish Somali cohort does not display greater bicultural fluency than the Finnish native majority. We show evidence of how cultural fragmentation among the Finnish Somalis and the prevailing social distance between them and majority Finns limit their chances of developing bicultural fluency. The result demonstrates partial sociocultural marginalization among the Finnish Somali second generation, and may indicate a higher risk of marginalization among second-generation immigrants than acculturation theories have suggested. This study presents the Imitation Game as a new way of outlining the sociocultural foundations of ethnic relations in the context of migration and integration, and pinpointing potential domains of social exclusion between or cultural division within groups.

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Acculturation Among Finnish Somalis: An Imitation Game Inquiry Into Bicultural Fluency

Segersven

Arminen

Simonen

2023

International Migration Review

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The Iterative Survey Adaptation of The Imitation Game: A survey approach to defining group identity through analysis of distinctiveness

Cosgrove

2024

Methodological Innovations

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This article reports on an original adaptation of the Imitation Game into survey form; the Iterative Survey. Like the original Game, the Iterative Survey can capture the ‘groupishness’ of social groups through analysis of distinctiveness but it can be implemented more affordably and conveniently than the Game making it more useful for researchers with limited resources. This paper outlines the origins of this novel method, and its implementation is illustrated using an exploration of maths anxiety in primary school teachers in Wales. The method privileges participant voices and its asynchronous nature may allow access to groups that would be difficult to recruit for a standard Imitation Game. The method’s rigour and ability to capture ‘groupishness’ are tentatively evaluated. The social scientific value of this novel survey adaptation is discussed with reference to wider social science. The article ends with a discussion of the need for further development of the method.

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Evaluating the imitation game as a method for comparative research: a replication study using imitation games about religion

Cited by 2 publications

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Acculturation Among Finnish Somalis: An Imitation Game Inquiry Into Bicultural Fluency

Acculturation Among Finnish Somalis: An Imitation Game Inquiry Into Bicultural Fluency

The Iterative Survey Adaptation of The Imitation Game: A survey approach to defining group identity through analysis of distinctiveness

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