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Finding Purpose: Backpacking in Panama
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open in viewerIn the increasingly competitive world of academics and employment, it can feel like there is a set path you must follow. Backpackers break from this status quo by exploring the world and, in doing so, themselves. By conducting archival research, surveys, interviews, and an ethnography in Panama we investigated the connection between backpacking and developing a sense of purpose. Our findings indicated that, although backpacking does not always directly affect purpose, it does have a positive impact on confidence, worldliness, and independence.
- This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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- E-project-101223-120849
- 114007
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- 2023
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- UN Sustainable Development Goals
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- 2023-10-12
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- E-project-101223-120849
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- 2023-12-04
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