POTENTIAL FIELDWORK TOPICS

If you cannot think of a topic, maybe something on this list will appeal to you or help you come up with something even more fabulous!

· A local ghost story

· Ufo sightings in your town

· A Missing person case

· An unsolved homicide

· The history of a monument, place, or building you have noticed

· A mystery in your family

· Why the house down the street is vacant or was burned down or bull-dozed

· Try to find the truth about a rumor you have heard amongst family members or friends

· Find out where your ancestors were before they were in the USA and why they came here

· The history of an artifact or family heirloom

· Why someone committed suicide

· Why something is the way it is

· The meaning of a group of symbols or a symbol you see somewhere (cemetery, graffiti, etc.,…)

· The history of an intriguing superstition or group of them held by someone you know

· The reason someone you know does certain rituals before some event

· How a local place got its name or reputation

· What some local secret society does to benefit society

· What is the philosophy of someone unusual whom you know—IE, WHAT MAKES MY STRANGE FRIEND TICK?

· VISIT A PLACE YOU HAVE NEVER ENTERED before and INVESTIGATE WHAT GOES ON THERE—a synagogue, another college, an ethnic supermarket, a place where your language is not spoken, a festival, a Buddhist temple, a church, a Friend’s meeting, etc.,…do background research and interview the administrator of the place.

· Design a survey/questionnaire/research experiment to ascertain new knowledge about some topic important to the people around you, here, the college or elsewhere (survey population size =25+)