Sunday, February 6, 2011

Dignity Final Project

I have been thinking a lot about the final project and what I would personally like to see come out of it.  I really want to focus on some sort of Dignity Awareness.  I think Dignity Awareness is important because this class has really opened my eyes to how many aspects of dignity there are and how many different ways peoples' dignity can be violated.  I was thinking it would be cool to remind people that they are important but also to remind people that they may be violating other people's dignity and not even realize it.  There are little things we could do every day to better the human race.  Therefore, I thought it would be cool to make a yearly calendar.  Each month could have a different image that illustrates an aspect of dignity and there could also be quotes relating to dignity.  On some months there could be inspirational quotes like "tell someone who is important to you how much they mean to you" or there could be stories about someone who's dignity was violated and then a follow up tip to help prevent that in the future.  For example there could be a story about a homosexual who feels it is offensive when people use the word "gay" and then a reminder at the bottom like "respect others, try to stop using offensive language."  I think a calendar would be unique because there are SOOO many different things that are important in Dignity Awareness that this would allow us to scrapbook it together- some people could contribute paintings, drawings, photographs, and other forms of art and other people could contribute stories, quotes, or reminders of how to promote dignity.  I know a lot of people were talking about creating art and doing an art show and including images of that art in the calendar could expose more people to the art and ideas of dignity.  I chose a calendar because a calendar is something that would hang on a wall and be a daily reminder to people whereas a book or newsletter is something people would look at once and put it on a shelf or magazine rack.  Depending on the actual costs we could sell the calendars and donate the proceeds to a local charity or organization.

3 comments:

  1. I think the calendar idea is definitely unique and useful.

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  2. I really like this idea. I think it really plays into both requirements for the final project of both -getting the ideas we have discussed in class into a form that the public can digest and understand quickly and
    -creating something tangible.
    This idea is very unique and creative, good thinking.

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  3. I love the idea of the calendar! Plus, like you said its a great way to put everyone's ideas together because the art work could be shown in different months!

    Also it raises money for a charity which seems like a large goal for several people in the class!

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