Before the interview, it is important for you to conduct some preliminary research that will help you to gain some knowledge about the tradition you plan to study. This preliminary research is a critical step that all scholars must take before conducting fieldwork. In this phase, the list of 3 initial research sources that you identified in the Interview Information Survey will expand to a list of 5-6 sources, though you do not have to use the initial sources from the Interview Information Survey if you no longer find them useful. Using these 5-6 sources, you will be asked to summarize and explain what you have discovered about the tradition of your interviewee. This summary exercise will not be in the format of a formal essay; rather, you will be answering specific prompts, and responding to each prompt in a few paragraphs using proper citations