Photo Analysis: Women of Cover

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

45 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Created by Dr. Elizabeth Brite, Purdue Honors College, based on the following:

 

Thiagarajan, S., & van den Bergh, S. (2017). Photo analysis. In Jolts! Brief activities to explore diversity and inclusion (pp. 96-99). Bloomington, IN: Workshops by Thiagi. 

Tags:

  1. bias
  2. cross-cultural
  3. differences
  4. empathy
  5. gender
  6. IPG created
  7. other awareness
  8. photos
  9. religion politics
  10. virtual
  11. virtual context
  12. worldview frameworks

This activity was submitted by Dr. Elizabeth Brite in fulfillment of the requirements of the Intercultural Pedagogy Grant program. 

Optional resource: Lughod, A. (2002). Do Muslim women really need saving? Anthropological reflections on cultural relativism and its others. American Anthropologist, 104(3), 783-790. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2002.104.3.783

  • This is one of the most cited scholarly articles on this topic in anthropology. It can be used to inform the facilitator’s debrief, and/or given to participants as homework either before or after the activity.