You have just arrived in Canaima National Park, researching Indigenous tourist workers in extraction zones. You see the workers and you assume that they are being exploited. What do you do?
[[You decide to give the tourists a piece of your mind.]]
[[You keep your thought to yourself and wait until the tourists have left.]]
You go up to the foreign tourists and give them a lecture about exploitation. Feeling awkward, they refuse to take more pictures with the tourist workers. The tourist workers are now looking at you. What do you do?
[[You approach them and explain your research agenda. ]]
[[You leave.->Start]]
The tourists have finally stopped taking pictures and left. What do you do now?
[[You approach them and explain your research agenda. ]]
[[You leave.->Start]]
They nod politely as you explain your agenda. What do you think is happening?
[[They altruistically agree with what you are saying. ]]
[[They are wondering if you are just as annoying as the tourists that just took pictures with them. ]]
Given this, you keep on explaining to them the goodness of your research and how it will help obtain a better understanding of Indigenous peoples. After you finish your talk, they ask if you want your picture taken with them. What do you do?
[[You feel offended, and you leave, storming out.->Start]]
[[You take a picture with them. Realizing that your point did not get across, you leave.->Start]]
Considering this, you suddenly stop your lecture. The next words you choose are important. What do you say?
[[You apologize. You ask to take a picture with them, and you encourage other people to do so. ]]
[[You apologize and ask them what they want from you. ]]After taking pictures, they approach you and they give you the number of their chief. They understood what you were looking for, and are willing to help as you have shown respect towards their work. Congrats!Puzzled, they ask why you ask this question, as they never requested anything from you in the first place. They politely say that they are not in need of your charity, and [[they walk away.->Start]]