Award winning Higher School Certificate Personal Interest Projects (PIPs), 2017

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The Personal Interest Project (PIP) is a compulsory section of the Higher School Certificate (HSC) Society and Culture course. The PIP can be up to 5,000 words and is worth 30% of the course for the HSC. It provides an opportunity for students to carry out guided social and cultural research in an area of personal interest.

The annual Society and Culture Awards are held under the auspices of the Society and Culture Association at the Mitchell Library. These awards acknowledge both excellence in the overall HSC examination for the ‘Top 10’ candidates and for excellence in the Personal Interest Project by acknowledging candidates who have achieved a High Distinction. Each recipient is given an individually engraved medal and in some cases a specific prize.

Award winning Personal Interest Projects for 2017

Ronahi Demirbag (Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Selective Campus)
Homeless even at home: A cross cultural examination of the influence of socialisation agents between Australia and Sweden, on the perceptions of Kurdish communities and implications of this for Kurdish individuals.

Grace Everett (Engadine High School)
'Can all male students please stand now to take the oath': An investigation into the exclusion of female voices from my school's and society's effort to contribute to change with regards to violence against women.

Ruby Hamersley (Willoughby Girls High School)
To take the red pill: Welcome to the wonderland of the men's rights movement.

Mikaela Jenkinson (Willoughby Girls High School)
All aboard the mateship: Despite mateship being considered to be an Australian convention that embodies egalitarianism, mateship as a cultural position is divisive and exclusionary.

Hanan Kamal (Macarthur Girls High School)
Mask on or mask off? Read to find out...

Sophia Kovac (Thomas Hassall Anglican College)
'Raising a fist ... the same height high': A cross cultural study into the implications of feminism in the 21st century.

Akram Qashou (Penrith High School)
The refugee in the room: An investigation into the pyschology and accommodation of displaced refugees in Australia.

Phoebe Wilson (Hunter School of Performing Arts)
The childfree choice of women: An investigation into childfree women and their perceived deviance from gender norms, which results in exclusion from all levels in society.

Rizina Yadav (Merewether High School)
Populism: 'The worst deal ever' (Donald Trump): An investigation into the recrudescence of populism in the 21st century.

Mia Yoneda (Willoughby Girls High School)
Contesting heteronormativity in Japanese culture.

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Reference copies of all PIP papers are available in the SRL Reading Room