What Can You Discover in the Cultural DNA of San Diego?
At exhibition, you will showcase your original research via writing and photography, which we will exhibit online and in a published book.
Humanities students will exhibit:
· A journalistic headline & sub-headline
· An original, refined, approximately 700-725 word article detailing original anthropological or journalistic research
· An original, beautiful, journalistic photograph
· A pull quote
Honors humanities students will exhibit:
· A journalistic headline & sub-headline
· An original, refined, approximately 1400 word article detailing original anthropological or journalistic research
· An original, beautiful, journalistic photograph
· A pull quote
· A second image that compliments the first, such as a map, chart, artwork, etc.
All students should write articles that are detailed, thoughtful, and tell a research-based story into a unique element of San Diego’s cultural DNA. Please consider The New Yorker or a similar publication for stylistic elements, organization, and, in general, the overall quality of writing that we strive to reach.
To complete your research, you should choose from the following list of research methods (you don’t need to do them all… but you have to do some! I highly recommend choosing one or two methods as your primary method and doing them in depth):
Participant observation—Studying a group of people by sharing in their activities—and recording qualitative information
Interviews with experts, locals, or participants
Site visits—How will you document your experiences?
Primary document analysis
o Diaries, speeches, letters, interviews, news reports, autobiographies, official records, etc.
o Or, original poetry, drama, novels, music, art, cartoons, photographs, etc.
o Or, pottery, furniture, architecture, clothing, landmarks, monuments, etc.Data analysis
o Census data, survey data, demographic data or information, etc.
Your Personal Research Question….
· What is the human population that you are studying?
· What brings these people together? Common experience, common culture, common location, education, jobs, religion, ethnicity, etc?
· What geographic locations are you studying?
· What might be the social significance of your question?
· What research methods can you use?
What makes your topic specific & relevant to San Diego?