Multiple Tattoos Culture

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Our group will research people with multiple tattoos. We selected this culture because we are interested in the motives behind getting tattoos. The criteria that we are focusing on in this culture are the meaning behind tattoos, the history of tattoos, and how they are perceived. Our group plans on interviewing Leif Hansen, who is a friend of one of our group members and owns a tattoo shop named Legacy. We have not contacted Leif yet but are in the process of doing so. For our survey, we plan on surveying twenty people that has a numerous amount of tattoos and body art. The main objective of the survey is to discover why people get so many tattoos. Our group will distribute the surveys by handing them out to people we have close contact with.

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