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Project Description
Project Description
The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.
- Ruth Benedict
Studying about culture helps sociologist ad anthropologists to learn and understand about people’s lives better and develop knowledge on how we are the same yet different. Culture acts as a tool that allows us to communicate the familiarity and strangeness that is part of human culture and societies.
Culture study, allows us to understand how the different cultures came about. It also gives an overview of how peoples' behaviours vary from one place to another. ... Any change in them can impact affect the world we live in some way so we better embrace with them keen understanding.
The key terms / issue are : Ethnocentrism, Cosmopolitan culture, cult culture, sub culture, hybrid culture, melting pot, salad bowl, etc.
This project is about:
Exploring any culture and society of your choice. (Can be a known culture / a lost culture / or a futuristic culture)
Investigating more about culture and society and understand why, how and what of our culture and society.
Guidelines to do your personal project:
Guidelines to do your personal project:
Find your inspiration. You can do that by asking yourself these questions:
What is it about culture, society and human group that I am interested to explore?
Am I interested in a known culture / foreign culture / lost culture / imaginative culture / futuristic culture?
Which issue related to culture am I interested in exploring?
Why do I find this issue the most relevant?
How can I contribute/make an impact for betterment?
Finalize a Global context that you want to link your personal project with. Global context provides you with the context that guides and gives direction to your research.
Create your Inquiry question / research question / hypothesis / research statement
Identify the methodology that you want to approach your study through. Find out more about the methodology here.
Identify the academic subject(s) and the topic/concept from the subject that you would like to link with your personal project. For more information on how to link academic subject, click here
Research, gather resources, document your reflection journal. Reflection journal is an ongoing process. To access the reflection journal, please visit the PP Overview page
Work on your product/outcome
Work on your exhibition idea
Submit your work. Find about submission guidelines here.
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