Campus Tattoos Project

Abstract

In the United States, there is a growing acceptance and embrace of tattoos, especially among younger generations. Tattoos hold powerful messages of identity and belonging ripe for sociological exploration. The Campus Tattoos Project (CTP) is an innovative, semester-long assignment that uses tattoos to teach sociological concepts and methods.

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Visual Sociology

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

The Campus Tattoos Project is appropriate for semester- and quarter-length sociology courses. It appeals to sociology majors and non-majors. We employed the project in Introduction to Sociology sections ranging in size from 60 to 270. It could readily fit in courses on stratification, social psychology, groups and organizations, research methods, or as a...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Apply basic sociological concepts.
2. Employ sociological research methods to arrive at empirically grounded conclusions.
3. Understand social sources of human identity.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Application criterion on report rubrics.
   
   Class discussion asking students to assess use of concepts in each report.
   
   In-class poll or course evaluation item to measure CTP teaching application of concepts.
2. Methodology criterion on report rubrics.
   
   Class discussion asking students to assess use of research methods in each report.
   
   In-class poll or course evaluation item to measure CTP teaching research methods.
3. CTP Report 4 rubric.
   
   Class discussion asking students to assess understanding of identity from CTP research.
   
   In-class poll or course evaluation item to measure CTP teaching social sources of identity.