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Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of a tourism proposal to increase tourism in a selected country. Students will act as consultants working with the Department of Tourism and Heritage Management and will be responsible for explaining the approach they have selected from an anthropological perspective, examining the logistics of increased tourism to the country, and planning for potential ethical repercussions that result from the increased tourism. In addition, students will examine the main cultural groups and do a comparison of the folklore and mythology of those groups.
The project is divided into
three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in
Modules Two, Four, and Five. The final product will be submitted in
Module Seven.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
· Devise anthropological strategies that address ethical dilemmas across diverse cultures
· Select appropriate anthropological research methods for developing sociocultural investigations
· Analyze the impact of folklore and mythology on the formation of modern cultural identities
· Analyze the implications of Western or non-Western anthropological theoretical perspectives for communicating cultural identity to diverse groups
· Illustrate how cultural groups react to internal and external forces that shape identity
Prompt
To begin this project, you will be assigned a continent by your instructor, and you must select a country in that continent to be the focus of your project. You will act as an outside consultant to the country’s Department of Tourism and Heritage Management, which has been contracted to create a proposal that markets tourism to foreign audiences. You will explain to the department your approach to the proposal, the logistics, and the potential ethical repercussions. You will then identify the main cultural groups in the country, select one cultural group to focus on in detail, and compare its folklore and mythology to the other groups in the country.
Specifically, the following
critical elements must be addressed:
I.
Approach: To begin this proposal, you will explain to the committee how you will approach this opportunity.
A. Provide a brief overview of the
country you selected and explain why you selected this country.
B. Explain how you will use specific
anthropological theory to address any bad press or past historical disasters as you prepare to publish your tourism proposal.
C. Explain how you will ethically highlight histories of
resistance and domination in the specific country and associated cultural groups. Some of these histories are difficult to explain in modern context, so how will you highlight these histories in an ethical manner?
D. Select the
research method you will use for your specified research track, and justify why this method is best suited for this project. Will the method used to research and build your project be specific to your selected country or is it more general?
E. Explain how your previously selected research
method will
inform your
approach to logistics and planning. How is your method important in logistics and planning? For example, if it is necessary to invest in infrastructure, such as buildings and roads, how will your research method inform your approach to doing so?
F. Explain how you will use specific Western or non-Western anthropological
perspectives to shape the way you create your proposal. Think about how your chosen perspectives help highlight or diminish the identity of a country’s diverse cultural makeup.
II.
Logistics and Planning: As an anthropologist, you must project the type of infrastructure needed and the impact of developing the infrastructure on the cultural groups. Increasing a country’s tourism is an exceptionally massive task that not only requires a plan around what messages are being sent, but it also requires the development of safe and accessible infrastructure. As countries may not be equipped to handle an increase in tourism, roads and buildings may need to be developed to ensure the safety of the tourists, as well as accessible travel.
A. In terms of anthropological
theoretical orientations, explain how your development of tourism and planning logistics affects the way you would or would not develop infrastructure. For example, does an environmental determinist outlook inform the way you develop how tourists and the natural world interact? Does a Marxist outlook change the way you develop accessibility to tours, hotels, and souvenirs?
B. Explain how the investment in infrastructure and increased tourism might
impact the
identity of the country’s cultural groups. In other words, as an anthropologist, how does “developing” a country impact its people and culture? For example, investing in infrastructure and hosting tourists from around the world has broader effects than the tourism industry sometimes realizes, and as an anthropologist, you must be able to project these impacts. In facilitating travel for tourists, the department may bring cabs to the region and develop the roadways, which may require land previously used for other means such as farming. On the other hand, the cabs may provide a new method of employment for the people.
C. Describe strategies for how
diverse cultures will be made to feel welcome, given the complicated history of the country.
III.
Potential Ethical Repercussions: In this section, you will explain to the committee how different people may react to the increase in tourism that would shape the perceived identity of a diverse country.
A. In what ways will your proposed tourism plan shape the future identity of
tourists visiting your country and participating in the research track you planned? What perspectives might they gain by embracing new cultural identities?
B. Explain the possible ethical repercussions of this plan on the country’s
local populations. How is your plan going to affect residents and communities? For example, will any of the infrastructure investment, relocation of peoples, or increased tourism harm the environment?
C. What strategies can you use to address and lessen these previously identified ethical
repercussions? How can you attempt to preserve the culture of the group?
IV. Identify
Cultural Groups of the country, and then, for the purpose of this project, select one cultural group to be the focus of the proposal.
A. Identify the main cultural groups in your country and highlight
specific characteristics of their cultural identities, supported with evidence.
B. Select one cultural group as the focus, and trace the
identity of this cultural group
throughout history, specifying key internal and external events that altered the identity of the group. For example, the groups may have been affected by major events, disasters, or large-scale political, social, or religious changes.
V.
Folklore and Mythology
A. Explain how the folklore or mythology of the specific group
compares to the folklore or mythology of the other cultural groups in the country. Provide specific examples of similarities or differences between the folklore or mythology of this group and other cultural groups.
B. Analyze the impact of the folklore and mythology on the
modern cultural identity of the group. Where are there similarities and differences between the folklore and mythology and the group’s modern cultural identity?
Milestones
Milestone One
:
Drafting Your Approach
In
Module Two, you will submit a draft of the first section of your proposal, titled
Approach. Specifically, this needs to include naming a country, explaining why it was chosen, and selecting a specific anthropological theory to address any bad press or past historical disasters as you prepare to publish your tourism proposal. You will then describe any histories of resistance and domination as they pertain to specific cultural groups within the country of choice. Finally, you will select a research method to support your proposal and explain how this method will inform your approach to logistics and planning.
This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two
:
Logistics and Ethical Considerations
In
Module Four, you will submit a draft of the second and third sections of your proposal, titled
Logistics and Planning and Potential Ethical Repercussions. You should address all three of the critical elements associated with each respective section. Specifically, the section on
Logistics and Planning should discuss how your theoretical orientation will shape your infrastructure needs, and how your infrastructure needs will in turn impact the identities of your country’s various cultural groups. Your section on
Ethical Repercussions should address how your tourism plan will impact both tourists and local populations, and which of those repercussions you can address in your planning.
This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Milestone Three
:
Cultural Groups, Folklore, and Mythology
In
Module Five, you will submit a draft of the next two sections of your proposal, titled
Cultural Groups and
Folklore and Mythology. You should address both of the critical elements associated with each respective section. Specifically, in the
Cultural Groups section, you will identify the main cultural groups in your country and highlight specific characteristics of their cultural identities. You will also trace the identity of one specific cultural group throughout history. In the
Folklore and Mythology section, you will explain how the folklore or mythology of the one specific group you selected compares to the folklore or mythology of the other cultural groups in the country. You will also analyze the impact of the folklore and mythology on the modern cultural identity of your selected group.
This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.
Final Project Submission
:
Tourism Proposal
In
Module Seven, you will submit your final project. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course.
This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.
What to Submit
Your tourism proposal must be 5–7 pages in length (plus a cover page and references) and must be written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include at least five references cited in APA format.
