What values, beliefs, and perceptions are attributed to this person’s culture?

Intercultural communication culminating project:
An exploration of oral histories and the complexities of culture
This semester, you will work act as in intercultural communication researcher. You are to establish a relationship with someone whose identified culture is different from you or choose to interview someone who you already have an established relationship with. Please be sure that you are choosing to interview a person whose culture you do not identify with. Throughout the duration of the semester, you will engage in interviews that can take place via phone, email, or video chat to learn more about your interviewee. You will also research the person’s culture and examine credible resources to learn more about the culture you are exploring. This project requires you to submit a power point/google slide report that will highlight what you have learned about the culture you have chosen to explore. In addition, you are required to write a 7-8 page report of your experience and findings. Papers that exceed 8 pages will NOT receive a point deduction for going past the page limit.
You must choose someone that you presently know only slightly . A close family member or friend will not work for this assignment. Often times, the most interesting work arises from a relationship with someone who is very dissimilar from you. You will spend time getting to know this person and will engage in many conversational interviews discovering this persons’ culture and make any cultural correlations based on the material that we cover in class. You must spend no less than 3 hours conversing with this person throughout the course of this semester. Please note that you do not need to come into physical contact with the person you choose to interview.
Through your interviews and interactions with your interviewee, you are to discover the complexities and richness of your partners identified culture and investigate and understand this persons cultural, social, and personal history. In addition to gathering information through your interviews, you will also be required to engage in academic research on the culture that you choose to study. Books and academic journals will be vital to successfully complete this project. You are required to have at least 4 ACADEMIC sources cited within your paper. Yes, this means you are going to have to visit the library (which you can do virtually)! As students of CLC, you have access to library support via reference librarians, 24 hour chat availability online, or the ability to email a librarian for help. There are plenty of options and opportunities to seek guidance in obtaining academic and credible resources for this project and I highly encourage that you take advantage of this unique opportunity to work one on one with one of our fine librarians!
You will share your knowledge and insight regarding the culture of your interviewee with your classmates via power point, prezi, google slides which will be posted on discussion board. You will also turn in a research paper that only I will read. Essentially, this is a research project on the selected culture of the person you are interviewing. One of the goals of this project is to provide an oral history of the person you interview. Although, you must be careful to NOT focus the whole paper discussing this person or what you learned in the interview. Instead, you are to spend the majority of the power point presentation/ paper discussing immigration history, cultural variables, and communication practices of that person’s culture that you discovered via research. Be sure to connect and apply at least 7 course concepts in your paper. This means that you are to incorporate a discussion of what you have learned from our course text within the body of your paper. Simply mentioning a course term in the body of your paper will not be enough.
I encourage you to think outside the box and include elements of creativity to your presentation. Your power point presentation will be graded on content, creativity, and ability to follow directions and provide us with a greater understanding of the culture under investigation. I URGE you to not wait until the last minute to do this project. This is a final culminating project and will require a good amount of time to complete successfully. Please start thinking about who you are going to interview in the first few weeks of class. You should spend at least one contact hour with your interviewee by the mid-point of this 8 week course.
The following is a list of questions that you are required to cover in your presentation and paper:
How is language used in this person’s culture?
What values, beliefs, and perceptions are attributed to this person’s culture?
What is the history of this person’s culture? How does history of this cultural group tie into the larger story of U.S. history?
What is this person’s immigration history? Does their ethnic or racial culture have a dominant presence in the U.S. (Chinatown, Greektown, Ukrainian Village, Little Italy, Pilsen, etc.)
How does this person identify his or her culture/ethnicity/ race?
How does culture impact the way this person’s nonverbally or verbally communicates?
Is religion a significant part of this persons culture or identity?
Are there any significant cultural celebrations and/or traditions of this culture?
Are there any cultural rituals that are significant to this culture?
Is this culture privileged and powerful within the U.S.? How so/ how not?
Has this culture been faced with social challenges or hardships? (prejudice, discrimination, racism, etc.)
How is this cultural group perceived by dominant U.S. Society? Are there any stereotypes associated with this cultural group?
What did you learn about YOUR culture through this process?
Specific Paper requirements (100 points):
– 7-8 pages typed
– double spaced
– at least 4 academic references that are cited within the paper in APA style (not including our textbook)
– A bibliography of a minimum of 4 sources cited in APA or MLA style (not including our textbook)
– A discussion of at least 10 of the 13 required topics listed above
– At least 7 applications to course/textbook concepts. Please bold the terms/concepts/theories that you apply in the paper.
– free of grammatical and spelling errors.
Specific Power Point/Prezi/Google Slide requirements ( 25 points):
– A presentation of at least 10 out of the 13 required topics
-Creativity (use of color, images, interactive design)
-Professionalism
– A good balance of text and images (please include images and not just text- this will help illustrate the richness of the culture you are reporting on)
-Providing your classmates with a greater understanding of the culture and person under investigation.
– Power points will be submitted under the “Final Project Power Point” discussion board tab. Any power points that are not submitted in this discussion board will not be graded.
Creativity is welcomed and appreciated! This project is worth a total of 125 points. THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE DUE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER. PLEASE REFER TO COURSE CALENDAR TO SEE WHEN THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE.
Click below to view student examples of a final paper and final power point. GOOD LUCK!
Student Sample Final Project-1.pdf
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Final Project Power Point Sample.pdf
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Please see below for grading rubrics for both the paper and power point/google slide presentation:
Final Paper Rubric:
Item
Proficient
Average
Unacceptable
Paper fully addressed required questions and followed set guidelines for assignment
20
10
0
Clearly illustrates critical thinking skills. Provides 7 applications to text, analysis, synthesis and evaluation within post. Clear arguments provided, and student is able to provide insight into theoretical issues. Arguments are well supported and backed up with evidence.
40
20
0
At least 4 academic references were cited within paper outside of the course text and a bibliography was provided in APA or MLA format
20
10
0
Adheres to the word/paragraph length requirement and is free of grammatical or spelling errors
10
5
0
Student demonstrated the ability to provide rich insight and understanding of culture and communication practices of the culture under investigation from an Intercultural Communication lens.
10
5
0
Total Points
100
Power Point Rubric
Item
Proficient
Average
Unacceptable
10 out of the 13 topics were covered in multimedia presentation
15
7.5
0
Multimedia presentation aid was free of grammatical or spelling errors
5
2.5
0
Presentation demonstrated creativity and professionalism
5
2.5
0
Total points
25
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Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Description of criterion
5 pts
Full Marks
0 pts
No Marks
5 pts
Total Points: 5

the person i interviewed his name is Olatunde Omotowon he is from Nigeria, Lagos state the Surulere neighborhood his language is Yoruba. i have well over one hour of audio recording of an interview. i can add that to the paper when done, some sources are as fallows: Experiencing Intercultural Communications an introduction sixth edition by Martin, Nakayama, 2018, Development in Nigeria: Promise on Hold by Edlyne Eze Anugwon, 2020, Culture and Customs of Nigeria by Falola Toyin, 2000, At a crossroads: Nigerian travel writing and Literary culture in Yoruba and English by Jones Rebecca, 2019. also websites www.britannica.com/yoruba. https://theculturetrip.com/africa/nigeria/articles/an-introduction-to-nigerias-yoruba-people/ https://crsreports.congress.gov/ nigeria:current issues and U.S. policy.

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