Award winning Higher School Certificate Personal Interest Projects (PIPs), 2020

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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 2020

Jessica Beutum (Emanuel School)
The making of the other: An investigation into the roles of the media in maintaining the proccess of othering, with a specific focus on perceptions of Indigenous Australians and women in the workforce.

Harriette Burke (NBSC Freshwater Senior Campus)
News media: The guardian of the elite: A cross-cultural investigation into the power and influence corporate media owners and consumers have over the news media content produced throughout Australia.

Oscar Dow (Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus)
"A fair go" in a country on fire: How have the 2019/2020 bushfires shaped Australian's perceptions of charitable donation across the socioeconomic divide?

Michelle Foerderer (Willoughby Girls' High School)
Sign of the times: Despite perceptions of youth shallowness and apathetic political engagement, moral conservatism from government institutions has promoted a deeply engaged youth population.

Kyoko Ichida-Griffin (Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty)
In money we trust: An investigation into the implications of the commodification of social activism on the public's perception of its capability to educate, persuade and transform.

Flynn Poelmann (Barrenjoey High School)
Racism and representation through the pigeonhole: An investigation into the ways in which the misrepresentation of Indigenous Australians within film media perpetuates misinformed cultural stereotypes throughout society.

Sophie Ridley (Willoughby Girls' High School)
Big data meets big brother: Data tracking as part of a macro political agenda of social control, leading to the corruption of civil liberties and political polarisation.

Molly Robinson (Jindabyne Central School)
Onnara She - Gendered language in Japan: A critical evaluation of gendered language in Japanese and the implications that it holds for feminine stereotypes in Japan.

Jasleen Singh (Macarthur Girls' High School)
The girls behind the games: An investigation into the gender disparity and hegemonic representations of women in gaming culture and esports.

Louis Valente (NBSC Freshwater Senior Campus)
Change the system not the climate: An investigation into the social and ideological nature of the ecological crisis, and the need for radical structural change.

Madison Wilson (Willoughby Girls' High School)
Saving or serving - voluntourism: An investigation into the problematic nature of the voluntourism industry and the associated repercussions for the communities deemed in need.

Simone Yaco (St Narsai Assyrian Christian College)
And they're still painting privilege: An in-depth investigation on the role of mass media and unconscious bias in the perpetuation of prejudices and racial stereotypes that influence injustices experienced by minority groups within contemporary society.

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