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Kalamazoo College - ICRPs - Sénégal - Dakar
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This collection contains student intercultural research projects during their study abroad in Sénégal.
All materials in this collection are copyrighted by Kalamazoo College and subject to Title 17 of the U.S. Code.
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"Success" and the Senegalese Spectacle
(1996)This paper will explore the role of conscious and unconscious efforts to preserve culture in Senegalese society. What might make certain spectacles work? What might hinder others' success? What is considered successful in ... -
ICRP: Socio-cultural Habits; Comparison of Village and Urban Youth
(1996-05-26)It is necessary to explain the history of the comportment and education of the older generation who are responsible for the youth of today. This is the generation that passed their transformed ideas to their children who ... -
Observations of a Toubob at Abass Ndao Hospital
(1996)The director of the hospital asked me this question after I had been working at the hospital for a few weeks. At the time, I did not answer as I could not pinpoint one specific thing that made the entire experience so ... -
La Sante Reproductive des Adolescents: Une Journee de Information
(1996)Avant même d'arriver à Dakar j'avais decidé que je voulais profiter de mon sejour dans cette capitale Oueste-Africaine pour établir des contactes avec les Nations Unies et ses nombreuses divisions qui se trouvent à Dakar. ... -
Senegal Program
My project started as an attempt to better understand the workings of an academic system that I thought didn't work very well. This was based on my observations made at the University Chiekh Anta Diop, which seemed to me ... -
Saint-Louis Demb: A Glimpse Into Yesterday, A Perspective for Today
(1995)During my research for this project, the idea that Senegal is a society which reflects a blending of beliefs and traditions continued to surface in the books that I read That, I decided must be the key to the theme of this ... -
Jigeen Day Xees
(1996-05-23)The desire for light skin. A desire so strong many women of all walks of life whether they be young, single, old, divorced, widowed, rich, poor.... have sought to obtain. And the means by which it is obtained is in the ... -
Women in Senegal: Power and Control
(1996-06)My research project will revolve around the topic of women in Senegal. I have recently begun my internship with the United Nations Children's Fund and although it is not strictly focused on women, UNICEF does a lot of work ... -
Talking About Sex in Senegal
(2007)An exploration of the cultural and societal influences on communication about sexual and reproductive health in Senegal. -
The Art of Cooking: a Culinary Medium of Senegal
(2007)Food, cooking, and eating are a major part of daily Senegalese life. Exploring this culinary medium as my ICRP involved learning about their buying practices, the cookware, the history of various dietary staples. -
Mentoring Children at the International Refugee School, and Journalist with Yegoo Magazine
(2004)Working at a refugee center, helping a group of seven seventh graders narrate the traumas of their pasts, then compiling the finished pieces and publishing them in a local magazine entitled “Yegoo”. -
Learning to Make Jewelry with the Sow Family in the Artisans' Village
(2003)For my ICRP, I apprenticed for four months in a traditional Senegalese jewelry shop located in the main artisans' village in Dakar, Senegal. -
Maangiy Goorgoorlu ak Garaab yi: A Woodworker's Perspective on the Multi-Faceted Art of Dakar
(2006)For my Integrative Cultural Research Project, I apprenticed a local woodcarver in Dakar and performed a research-based critique of the various depictions of art found throughout the city. I was able to complete my own ... -
Strategies for Dealing with Difficulties During the Commercialization Process at the Pan African News Agency
(1996-05-06)The internship program at PANA is essentially a pilot program this year, put together by Jessica Fugate, an American who recently graduated from journalism school in the United States, and Mahtar Ba, the director of marketing ... -
English and Its Increasing Role in Senegal
(1996-05)Why is English so often the preferred language in senegal? What is its relation to modernization? And in what way does proficiency in English affect the lives of the Senegalese? All this I have investigated in my internship ...
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