What is the Deep Dive?
In this project, you will be learning about an issue that is affecting your community and you will be raising awareness about it through a photo exhibition. By looking closely at your chosen problem, you will be using your critical thinking skills to delve deep into the heart of the matter and convey it to your audience. Depth will be a recurring theme in thisproject, since you will be delving into the principles of photography and honing your descriptive writing skills.
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My experience with the Deepdive:
The Project: The deep dive was the first unit introduced to us in IA. It consisted of choosing a problem that we were passionate about in Peru. We started out by choosing each a problem we were interested in y and began with a basic preliminary research. Later on, we pitched the problem to the class and within the cohort; we could merge both our issues or stick with one from any of both. Once we chose our issue, we started with the 4 rigorous levels of investigation of the problem.
My partner and I focused of pediatric care in Lima, and investigated many googleable and non- googleable questions. With this investigation we delve deeper with the problem we chose and were able to look past the superficial level. Towards the end of our investigation, we had to start having interviews with people that were related to the problem with our investigation, which is when we found Inspira, a home with children that come from provinces in Peru. Media Aspect: Part of the deep dive project was to use photography, to show the true meaning through pictures and to raise awareness about the issue; we were able to take amazing pictures with the children there, because we wanted to portray their innocence and happiness despite the horrible disease they are going through. We displayed these photos at an exhibition at school; sach student had a role, we needed to oversee the decoration of the space, manage finances,and market. It was a great experience. The very end of our investigation was finding a sustainable solution, which is why we have started finding a way to help Inspira economically which is what they need (If you want to learn more about Inspira check the CAS sections that tells you all about it!). |
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