Global Voices: Final Project

The Global Voices had so much media & data they couldn't fit it into just one presentation!  First check out their video 'What would you change...'

Next check out the data they collected during the trip.

This video is a nice summary of their program.

And their presentation wraps it all together.

Global Voices: Interviews!!

The street interviews went well. Both groups were very active and persistent in their work. Although the questions were broad, we noticed this after the fifth person said " Wow that's a really broad question", we were still able to get some awesome responses. At first we wanted to target middle aged adults and college students, but getting kicked out of Harvard didnt help us. So we just generally looked for anyone willing to get interviewed. By the way, the group members forgot to mention that the interviewers were going to get video recorded, so several people ran away as they noticed us approaching them.

Global Voices: News

Tuesday morning our group went to a newspaper stand to pick up a few different newspapers from different parts of the world. Our goal was to see the differences of what they were focusing on. Because different people in our group speak many different languages we were able to get newspapers in Italian, French, Spanish, English and Arabic although no one in the group speaks Arabic we were still able to compare cover stories and pictures. What we found was that most Newspapers covered either Japan (English French and British) or Libya (Italian and Arabic). We concluded that because stories like Japan and Libya are current and important, most newspapers were covering their stories. However the Arabic newspaper focused more on Libya which is part of the Arab world.

Global Voices: Interview with Prof. Stone

On Tuesday afternoon we took a trip to the sociology department of Boston University. After a bit of waiting, we went upstairs to find the office of Professor John Stone, head of the sociology department at BU. We filed into his office and took our seats as he prepared to speak to us. The interview started with a couple of questions from our group members. After a few questions we quickly learned Prof. Stone's passion; examining international migrations. He did his doctoral research in South Africa examining how the racist atmosphere effected the new white immigrants. He found that they would either become racist very quickly or deny the atmosphere and hate their environment. He helped our group by answering our questions about things such as: sample size, interview questions, the effectiveness of ESL and at what age someone stops being affected by their new environments.

Global Perspectives

Tomorrow our group is heading to Boston to investigate how a person's worldview is shaped by their background and heritage. In addition to conducting interviews with visitors and residents of Boston we will also be meeting with Professor Stone of Boston University, visiting Chinatown, investigating different cultures at the Museum of Fine Arts, and collecting newspapers from around the globe.

In the 21st century it is more important than ever for citizens to have a global perspective when thinking about how their actions and the actions of their governments can influence people around the world. Tomorrow will be another step along the journey towards greater cultural awareness.