David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies

Intercultural Outreach Photo Gallery

Deadline for submission: 17 November 2007

Take an active part in raising cultural awareness! Submit your original international photos to the Intercultural Outreach Photo Gallery. The top three photos will be published in an Intercultural Outreach CultureGuide and will be recompensed with $50. Other honorable photos will also be selected for publication in Intercultural Outreach’s CultureGuides.

CultureGuides are complete, country-specific lessons that contain information, resources, and media for classroom presentations. Designed to answer the demand for current methods and research in teaching cultural awareness and understanding, CultureGuides are an indispensable tool for educators. Developed in two series, both series are directed to either the primary- or secondary-school level. The pictures included in CultureGuides are vital to helping students catch the vision of what other cultures are really like. Contribute to this educational product by sharing your pictures of cultures from around the world.

The gallery will feature pictures of people, places, and elements of cultures from around the world. While pictures representing any culture will be included, there are many specific countries and topics that we are particularly interested in obtaining photos of for our CultureGuides. Check the list of countries and topics from the left menu to see if you have the pictures we’re looking for. To increase the likelihood of your photo being chosen for publication in a CultureGuide, not only should it be related to one of the countries/topics on our list, but it should also be without distracting elements. Distracting elements include people in the picture who do not reflect the culture of interest (especially missionaries) and poor picture quality.

Submitting your photo:

Submissions may be either emailed digitally or turned in to 237 HRCB as unmounted 4x6 prints.
Digital photos must be emailed in .jpg format to intercultural_outreach@byu.edu and cannot exceed more than 10 photos per email. You may submit more than 10 photos provided you do so in multiple emails. Each photo must be saved as the photo title provided on your entry form. Entry forms must be sent in the same email as the photos submitted.
Each photo, both digital and prints, must be accompanied by an entry form. There is no entry fee.
The Kennedy Center reserves all rights to all photo entries. After photos have been scanned, contestants will be notified to retrieve their original photos from 273 HRCB.

If you have any questions, e-mail us!

Asia

China
Moon Cakes

Japan
New Year in Japan; Speaking Japanese; Eating Habits and Etiquette; Playing Games; Sumo Wrestling; Fukoka City; The Atomic Bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; U.S. Occupation of Okinawa; Shinto

Mongolia
Holidays

South Korea
Chusok Harvest Festival; Hangul Writing System; Tae Kwon Do; Dinner Mannerisms; Yang and Um

Africa/Middle East/Oceania

American Samoa
Belief in God; A Unique Language; The Samoan Appetite and the Coconut; Samoan Rythym; Sunday Dress; Umu, popular dishes (palusami, o ka, saka)

Egypt
Eid-al-Fitr; Osiris and Isis; Arabic Bread; Papyrus

Kenya
Myth, Music, and Dance; Ugali

Palestine
food

Senegal
A Soccer Game; Wrestling Match; Signar Artifacts

Togo
Nana Benz; 27 April celebrations; Togo School pictures

United Arab Emirates
Landscape; Food

Europe

Austria
St. Stephan’s Cathedral; Schoenbrunn, Monarch’s Summer Residence; Austrian Food (especially schnitzel, wurst frankfurter, kaiserschmarrn, and apfelstrudel); Open Markets; The Alps; Christmas markets

England
Original and Current Royal Observatories; Greenwich

France
military parade down the Champs-Elysées; President of France laying a flower at Tomb of the Unknown Solider; steak frites salade

Latvia
Ligo, The Summer Festival; The Latvian Diet; Independence

Poland
Interior of Catholic Cathedral; Wigilia Food and Table Setting; Torne, Poland, Birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus; Polish Schools (EL, HS, and College)

Russia
Family Ties; Fables and Fairy Tales; The Russian Diet; Russian Arts; Russian Folk Music; The Cyrillic Alphabet; Statue of Lenin; Red Square in Moscow; Black Sea region; Statue of Stalin; Russian Parties

Spain
The Running of the Bulls; Siesta; Legend of Santiago and the Camino de Santiago; The Guitar; The Picos

North/Central America

El Salvador
La Posada; Arroz Con Leche; El Salvadoran Christmas; Pupusas; Pupuserias;Guanacos; Sugarcane; Salvadorans Working; Nativity; kids and La Posada; coffee fields

Guatemala
The Festival of Fireballs in Senahu; The Mayan King and the Vulture: The Importance of Corn; Mayan Technology; Transportation; The Resplendent Quetzal; Mealtime; Guatemala Highlands; Story-telling; Mayan Ruins/hieroglyphs; Guatemalan Processional; Land Inheritance; American influence

Mexico
Wedding Ceremony or Celebration; "A La Vibora"; The Dollar Dance; The Virgin of Guadalupe; Mexican peppers; Food Preparation; Mexicans Playing Soccer (preferable doing a uniquely Mexican move or form); Mural of Mexico City in Museum of History; Pyramid at Teotihuacan; Temple at Tikal I: Great Jaguar Temple; Church; rainforest; American products in Mexico; Mexian products in U.S.; Mexican Universities

South America

Brazil
The Amazon

Chile
Statue of General Pinochet of Chile; Statue of General Allende of Chile; Mapuche Indians of Chile (or any artifacts or paintings); Kids Flying Volantin; La Cueca; Zampona; Rain Maker; Sopaipilla; Chilean Fruits (watermelons, avocados, cacti, grapes); Chilean Sweets, (Super 8s, Golpes, Alfajores, etc.); La Chilenita/el Chileno (a soccer move); Ivan Zamorado or Marcelo Salas (Chilean soccer players); Bebe futbol

Ecuador
La procession; Quechuan people; Fanesca; The Chapel of Man

Uruguay
Las Fiestas Uruguayans; Castillano; Traditional Mate and the Siesta; Futbol; Guachos; The Uruguayan Round of the GATT

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