Today we were asked to decide the topic for the final project together with our American peer, Chiara Olivi. It has been quite difficult because we suggested four different topics. In particular, Elena Vivian suggested abortion because it is a hot topic and causes a bit of upset in Italy and she wanted to compare different aspects between Italy and America, such as the methods of abortion which are legalized in the two countries, the laws which rule and prevent it, the trend of abortion rates in Italy and in the USA and the influence of religion on this matter. Silvia Nicolini wanted to discuss the difficulties that immigrants face when they have to apply for a job in Italy and in America, whereas Silvia Lovato suggested women’s issue because often women are paid less than men, scarcely involved in politics and the equality between sexes is not always guaranteed even in the USA. Finally, I chose music because especially in America there is a variety of genres which reflects the country’s multi-ethnic population and it would be a good idea to compare them with Italian classical music analysing their origins as well.
As far as immigrants and their exploitation at work are concerned, Chiara Olivi told that people coming from South America, especially from Mexico are discriminated. She liked all the four topics, but she was much more interested in women’s issue. As a consequence, we decided to develop a specific aspect of this wide topic: WOMEN AT WORK. In particular, an outline for our final project might be the following:
· Working mothers and housewives (Elena Vivian)
· Working mothers (rights) (Elisa Caramori)
· Women in politics (Silvia Lovato)
· Immigrant women (Silvia Nicolini)
At the beginning we decided to develop WOMEN’S ISSUE and Chiara told us that she would have liked to focus on healthcare and abortion, but given that it was a much wider topic we changed it and we sent to her an e-mail saying that we chose a more specific one, asking her if she likes it and what aspect she would like to discuss.
While waiting for Chiara’s e-mail, we will do researches on the 4 aspects listed above by Monday in order to start working on our project as soon as possible. We hope to do a good and interesting work!
As far as immigrants and their exploitation at work are concerned, Chiara Olivi told that people coming from South America, especially from Mexico are discriminated. She liked all the four topics, but she was much more interested in women’s issue. As a consequence, we decided to develop a specific aspect of this wide topic: WOMEN AT WORK. In particular, an outline for our final project might be the following:
· Working mothers and housewives (Elena Vivian)
· Working mothers (rights) (Elisa Caramori)
· Women in politics (Silvia Lovato)
· Immigrant women (Silvia Nicolini)
At the beginning we decided to develop WOMEN’S ISSUE and Chiara told us that she would have liked to focus on healthcare and abortion, but given that it was a much wider topic we changed it and we sent to her an e-mail saying that we chose a more specific one, asking her if she likes it and what aspect she would like to discuss.
While waiting for Chiara’s e-mail, we will do researches on the 4 aspects listed above by Monday in order to start working on our project as soon as possible. We hope to do a good and interesting work!
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