IB Diploma Programme: DP 1
Age Group: 16 to 17 years
Subjects: ESS + Economics + TOK + Business Management
Type: Academic Field Investigation (IA and EE skill development aligned)
Duration: Full-Day Experiential Academic Immersion
Venue: Cocoon Silk Market • Janapada Loka • Channapatna
Learning Approach: Inquiry-driven • Economic analysis • Cultural sustainability • Entrepreneurial evaluation
TOK: The role of cultural perspective in valuing traditional knowledge systems
EE Support: Research question refinement • Primary stakeholder interaction • Field-based evidence collection
Culture, Craft, and Capital is a DP 1 interdisciplinary field investigation examining how traditional industries adapt to globalization, market pressures, and sustainability challenges.
Students analyse sericulture supply chains, folk heritage preservation, and artisan entrepreneurship to evaluate how cultural identity, environmental systems, and economic viability intersect.
The program strengthens IA and EE competencies through stakeholder interviews, supply chain observation, sustainability evaluation, and structured economic reasoning.
Sustainability • Globalization • Cultural Identity • Production • Market Forces
Students strengthen:
· Thinking Skills: analysis, evaluation, systems thinking, synthesis
· Research Skills: stakeholder interviewing, primary observation, supply chain mapping
· Communication Skills: structured economic reasoning, comparative analysis
· Self-Management Skills: initiative, academic discipline
· Social Skills: professional interaction, collaborative inquiry
Students will:
· analyse silk production as an integrated biological and economic system
· evaluate traditional crafts within modern market structures
· examine sustainability challenges in small-scale industries
· apply economic and ESS frameworks to real-world contexts
· develop IA-style investigable research questions
Students will be able to:
· map the silk production value chain
· evaluate cost, demand, and market pressures in artisanal industries
· assess environmental implications of sericulture
· analyse cultural preservation versus commercialization
· construct structured claim–evidence–analysis responses
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