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The Personal Interest Project (PIP)
Quick questions on The Personal Interest Project in the HSC Society and Culture course
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What is choosing a topic?Show answer
The best PIP topics are personal, manageable and researchable. They must allow primary research, connect to course concepts, and be narrow enough to investigate in depth. A topic that is too broad cannot be researched rigorously, while one that is too obscure may lack accessible sources or participants. The personal connection is what sustains the months of work the PIP demands.
What is the cross-cultural perspective?Show answer
A defining requirement is the cross-cultural perspective: the PIP must compare across cultures, subcultures, time periods or groups. This might compare two generations, two communities, two countries or the student's own group with another. The cross-cultural lens prevents a single, narrow viewpoint and is explicitly rewarded in the marking criteria.
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