Dear Capoeirista (Capoeira Practitioner),
You are receiving an e-mail asking you to participate in the following
research:
Capoeira and its Social Integration processes in non Brazilian
Multicultural Contexts The aim of this research is to investigate
to what extent Capoeira practice is associated heightened awareness of aspects of
Brazilian culture, when practiced in non-Brazilian contexts. It is part of a postgraduate
course of studies I am undertaking at Lincoln University, in New Zealand.
Participation is completely voluntary. It would consist in answering
the attached form and sending it back to the contact address bellow. This questionnaire
form will ask you about some of your details (e.g. age, sex, ethnicity). It will
also ask about your 'level of acculturation' – this relates to how you see yourself
in relation to Brazilian culture.
It will take you no more than 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
This form needs to be filled out only once. After this, you might be contacted again
for further research concerning a different research study on a similar topic. At
that time you may once again decide if you want to participate.
If you decide to complete the questionnaire, note that you free to
refuse to answer any one or more of the questions, and you can withdraw from the
study without explanation. To withdraw your information, simply contact the lead
researcher, Eurico Vianna, at Lincoln University (see the contact details below)
and he will destroy your information at any point up to the time the first research
report is submitted for publication.
Any information you provide will be only used for research purposes.
The researcher and the course supervisor, Dr. Gary Steel, will be the only ones
able to access the answers, and you can be sure that all the information provided
by you will remain confidential. Once all the data is analysed, a report of the
findings may be submitted for publication. Only group-level results will be reported;
it will not be possible to identify any individuals in the report. A summary copy
of these results will be sent to all participants. In addition, we would be pleased
to fully answer any questions you may have at the end of the study.
Please be aware that if you are under-aged (under 16 years old), you
must disregard this e-mail.
By sending back the completed questionnaire, the researcher will understand
that you have read and understood the description of the above-named project, and
that on this basis you agree to participate as a subject in the project, and that
you had consented to the publication of the results of the project with the understanding
that anonymity will be preserved. You will also have understood that you may withdraw
from the project, including withdrawal of any information you had provided.
If you had decide to participate and you think some of your own contacts
and/or students could be interested, as well, please send a list with their names
and e-mail addresses together with your reply and the researcher will contact them.
You may also publish this e-mail (exactly in the way it was sent to you) on your
group's website. Please do not forward this e-mail directly to your contacts. The
researcher must keep track of the response rate as part of the research.
Thanks for your help.
Kind Regards,
Eurico Vianna
Contact details:
Supervisor's contact details:
e-mail: barretoe@lincoln.ac.nz
Dr. Gary
Steel
or eurico.vpc@gmail.com
e-mail: steelg@lincoln.ac.nz
ESD Division,
ESD Division,
P.O. Box 84,
P.O. Box 84,
Lincoln University,
Lincoln University,
Canterbury, New Zealand.
Canterbury, New Zealand.
Questionnaire Capoeira
and its social integration processes