Project Two:
Project II- Survivor the Real Game: The Assignment
WMU Campus Cultures
Why explore campus cultures?
At WMU, there are thousands of different people from all over the world. When these people converge they bring all of their unique interests, backgrounds, experiences, skills, cultures, and ideas and use them to form new cultures in their classes, organizations, communities, and in their living and recreational spaces.
WMU has official cultures; majors, athletic events, and others where the sense of belonging comes from knowing the rituals. Sometimes, these official events spawn unofficial cultures that are supported by them. (Go to your first Bronco hockey game and see the “Lawson Lunatics” for a good example.)
YOUR ASSIGNMENT: “WMU Survival Guide”
For this writing assignment, you will choose a campus culture that you belong to, have interest in, or have access to, and do field research on it. You will take pictures that represent this culture in pictorial form. Your text will accompany these photos to create a final product that is visually stimulating, informative and interesting. Your pictures and text should inform your audience about the unique attributes of the campus culture you choose to write about. Your final product will be a printed and polished magazine style article about a campus culture.
Cultures:
Cultures are defined by having norms, rules, roles, rituals, traditions, language, and places. All of these can be either formal or informal.
Macro-culture:
This consists of the culture that influences the majority of people. For this project, WMU will serve as the macro-culture.
Micro-culture:
This is a subculture existing within the macro-culture. A group of people that interact regularly, and have things in common which bind them together. For this project, the campus culture you choose will serve as the micro-culture.
Your Final Product:
Your final product will consist of a 2-3 page single spaced article (including pictures). As always, keep all project materials, as you will be required to turn them in with your final project to demonstrate process.
WMU Campus Cultures
Why explore campus cultures?
At WMU, there are thousands of different people from all over the world. When these people converge they bring all of their unique interests, backgrounds, experiences, skills, cultures, and ideas and use them to form new cultures in their classes, organizations, communities, and in their living and recreational spaces.
WMU has official cultures; majors, athletic events, and others where the sense of belonging comes from knowing the rituals. Sometimes, these official events spawn unofficial cultures that are supported by them. (Go to your first Bronco hockey game and see the “Lawson Lunatics” for a good example.)
YOUR ASSIGNMENT: “WMU Survival Guide”
For this writing assignment, you will choose a campus culture that you belong to, have interest in, or have access to, and do field research on it. You will take pictures that represent this culture in pictorial form. Your text will accompany these photos to create a final product that is visually stimulating, informative and interesting. Your pictures and text should inform your audience about the unique attributes of the campus culture you choose to write about. Your final product will be a printed and polished magazine style article about a campus culture.
Cultures:
Cultures are defined by having norms, rules, roles, rituals, traditions, language, and places. All of these can be either formal or informal.
Macro-culture:
This consists of the culture that influences the majority of people. For this project, WMU will serve as the macro-culture.
Micro-culture:
This is a subculture existing within the macro-culture. A group of people that interact regularly, and have things in common which bind them together. For this project, the campus culture you choose will serve as the micro-culture.
Your Final Product:
Your final product will consist of a 2-3 page single spaced article (including pictures). As always, keep all project materials, as you will be required to turn them in with your final project to demonstrate process.