Pecha Kucha

New Culminating Activity format.

African Studies Culminating Activity
PECHA KUCHA
You are responsible for creating a Pecha Kucha that summarizes the entire African studies course and ultimately answers the question, ‘What is Being Black in Canada?’. You can use pictures and images gathered throughout the year and anything you find that you feel would best represent the course and what you’ve learned.

What is a Pecha Kucha?
PechaKucha (Japanese: ペチャクチャ, IPA: [petɕa kɯ̥tɕa], chit-chat) is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced. Each slide will have both words and pictures, and, you will have to speak to each slide.

You will be graded on how well your presentation encapsulates the course and how well you have demonstrated an understanding of the information covered throughout the semester. You will also be graded on how well your images represent the court and how well your captions and discussions convey an understanding of the African Studies course from beginning to end.

This project is worth 15% of your total mark.