November 1st, 2007
Semester Group Project
Outline/Summary of Ideas
This group includes Ashleigh, Hailey, Molly and Kyle.
Our group project is on rape in third world countries.
We were inspired to choose this topic by Molly, who read an article on the subject and had a powerful experience. The passion she brought to the table when she introduced us to the idea was more than enough to inspire the rest of us (except for possibly Kyle, who is not completely on board.)
So far we have discussed many different mediums. We are tentatively resting on some sort of show, not slide but movie, with music, narration, news clips, informative slides and any relevant images. Of course they will be tasteful and class appropriate, but hopefully effective.
As far as putting things together, we have done a lot of research. Most of it has been books. We have several inter-library loans at the moment, as well as regular library books. There are online resources we have yet to access, but we wanted a more reliable base.
We are thinking about doing a general overview of the issue with statistics and facts to put our position out there and to educate. We plan on following this up with a story of a real individual who has survived these types of tragedies.
If you want more information we can show you the books. They’re currently divided among group members who are reading them to find relevant information.
Some topics and issues that we’ve discussed are:
- war
- rape camps
- systematic rape
- rape as a weapon (offensive)
- culture
- rape as custom
- acceptability
- consequences for rapists
- effects on victims
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