IB Diploma Programme: DP 2
Age Group: 17 to 18 years
Subjects: History HL/SL + ESS + TOK
Type: Advanced Interdisciplinary Field Investigation Supporting IA and Extended Essay Development
Duration: Full-Day Comparative Authority and Environmental Systems Analysis
Venue: Shravanabelagola • Halebidu • Belur or Yagachi
Learning Approach: Historiographical evaluation • Systems modelling • Comparative legitimacy analysis • Evidence-based synthesis
TOK: To what extent can architecture be treated as reliable historical evidence rather than ideological construction?
EE Support: Refinement of research scope • Source classification • Variable identification • Limitation and bias analysis
Sacred Structures as Strategic Systems is a DP 2 analytical field investigation examining architecture as both political instrument and environmental system.
Students move beyond interpretive comparison toward historiographical critique, evaluating monuments as constructed sources shaped by patronage, perspective, and political intent. Simultaneously, temple ecosystems are analysed using ESS frameworks to assess sustainability thresholds and resilience.
The immersion mirrors IA and EE expectations through structured evaluation, counterclaim construction, and methodological precision.
Legitimacy • Sovereignty • Ideological Framing • Environmental Adaptation • Cultural Memory
· Thinking Skills: evaluation, synthesis, counterclaim development
· Research Skills: OPVL analysis, systems modelling, triangulation of evidence
· Communication Skills: structured analytical writing using command terms
· Self-Management Skills: methodological discipline
· Social Skills: structured academic debate
Students must produce:
• Monument Source Evaluation Sheet
• Comparative Ideological Analysis Table
• Temple Sustainability Systems Model
• 500-word Evaluative Comparative Essay
• IA or EE Research Proposal with defined methodology and limitations
Reflective-only submissions are not accepted.
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