Fieldwork on diaspora traditions: hybrid culinary, ritual, and craft practices.

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I'm an anthropology graduate student preparing for fieldwork focused on the transmission of global cultural traditions within diaspora communities, specifically looking at how culinary practices are adapted in second-generation immigrant families. My initial interviews suggest a complex negotiation between preservation and assimilation that isn't captured by existing models. For other researchers or community members with lived experience, how have you observed rituals, storytelling, or craft traditions evolving in transnational contexts? What methodologies are most effective for documenting these intangible cultural processes without exoticizing them, and are there particular case studies of hybrid traditions that have successfully gained broader recognition without losing their core meaning?