United States of America is the most recognizable cultural artifact in the world. The flag represents the United States of America values and ideals; the flag is a symbol of democracy around the world. This is the reason why protesters in foreign countries burn the American flag in objection to America action in their respective countries. Cultural Artifacts are powerful items that can represent a society and everything they hold their. Cultural artifacts are a symbol of solidarity of a culture or a symbol
disability in a positive light, and educate disabled and able-bodied people around the topics of love, sex, and relationships (Verstraten, 2014). The chosen cultural artifact addresses the conversation of a romantic relationship between an able-bodied and a disabled person, and touches on the stigmatization surrounding this relationship. The cultural artifact is a Toronto Star news article titled “Surprise! Disabled People Have
displays qualities that go against the subject culture. Due to this a triumph is perceived as a cultural triumph rather than a personal triumph for the hero. Epics also feature supernatural forces that are beyond the understanding for humans. An epic is an important cultural artifact because they tell the victorious story of a whole nation and educates others. An example of an epic that was a cultural artifact is Homer's The Odyssey.
A cultural artifact is something that does not come from nature, it is something that is invented or made and helps tell us about the way the world is. Cultural artifacts can be seen as a good and bad thing; depending on your generation or how you look at how the artifact being used. Cultural artifacts have changed the way the world is and the way the world works. For this paper, the cultural artifact the cell phone has changed the way we communicate and do business. Everything we need is just a
Cultural Artifact Speech Outline I. Intro a. As Bob Marley once said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Studies shown that classical music, specifically Mozart, help you engage in your studies better and as a result showed high test scores according to a test scientist at Stanford University held. Did you ever imagine how powerful a piece that was composed in the 1780’s could be? b. This is a classical music score of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” composed by Wolfgang
Cultural Artifact Project Education is why people attend college, hundreds of thousands of students are thrown onto campuses across the world and get involved in various campus clubs; however, despite their vast amount of differences, these kids share one similarity, they all brought their video game console. On move-in day almost every dormitory has some kind of gaming console. It is a common denominator that students share, that they can bond over. The PlayStation 4 is of the latest generation
Noah Martinez Cultural Artifact: Baseball Introduction Attention Getter: “Take me out to the ball game” in the united states Baseball has become America's favorite pastime. Thesis: I will familiarize you with the greatest and the most patriotic sport known to America. Preview: First we’ll talk a little about the origin of the true sport and how it came to be, second, we will break down the many stages of evolution of the glove and third I’ll explain my personal experience to the sport.
Cereal as an Artifact: Psychology and American Culture Everyday, we experience at least a subtle portion of American culture, whether it be depicted from the food we eat, or from the traditions we celebrate, American culture is unique. Included with it’s uniqueness, psychology plays a large roll into everyday factors. While America is vastly diverse, it’s uniqueness magnetizes me. Intriguingly, consumerism in American culture has changed throughout the years; what were once luxuries transformed
suggest criteria of judgment, hierarchies of merit importance. The model known as SCOT(Social Construction of Technology) claims that “’relevant social groups’ who play a role in the development of a technological artifact are defined as those groups who share a meaning of the artifact” (765). The taxidermist, museum director, the people who put the display together, and the visitors, all play a role in the meaning of, in this case, the museum display. Texts help define an exhibition and its organization
the hand of fate by picking my own cultural identity... For why should I be forced into the culture that was imposed upon me, just because of my heritage, religion, beliefs, and customs; instead of discovering my own and being myself. I am to tell you the culture I subjugate myself into; a sub-genre of gaming and anime culture, collectively called otaku, and help broaden your mind to the new phenomenon of a different type of pop culture. My artifact would be my limited edition Pokemon
and a computer screen. It has to do with the writer's heart, soul, mind, and knowledge of the piece he/she is addressing. (Question 4.) A piece of writing that I seem to make the best as a writer, and made the most effective revision was my cultural artifact assignment. In this piece of writing, I addressed the tradition of Rumspringa and why it is so significant in the Amish community. “Why is the tradition of Rumspringa so significant to the Amish community, but if an adolescent leaves the community
Cultural Artifact Speech Outline Introduction Attention getter: 200 years old, and we still love them. Some call them Conchas, others call them pan de dulce or simply pan dulce, but anyone who grew up near a traditional panaderia, also known as the bakery could cherish the memories of the happiness of a warm concha where food is the source to happiness. Revealed Object: These lightly sweet rolls are popular throughout Mexico and almost any bakery or supermarkets around you. Usually purchased in
ideals of the Enlightenment in the invention and assessment of artifacts like the electric battery. The first electric battery was built in 1799 by Alessandro Volta, who was both a natural philosopher and an artisan-like inventor of intriguing machines. I will show that the story of Volta and the battery contains three plots, each characterized by its own pace and logic. One is the story of natural philosophy, a second is the story of artifacts like the battery, and the third is the story of the loose
Neolithic is of or relating to the cultural periods of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 B.C. in the Middle East and later elsewhere, characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone artifacts. The Neolithic Period is also called the New Stone Age. Many water pots and ceramic figures were found in the ruins of Neolithic society plots of earth. People of Neolithic times made many artifacts that were symbolic of their ways of life and culture such as water pots,
My Family: A Subculture Everyone in the world belongs to a subculture. Each subculture has its own sets of traditions, relics, and artifacts. Relics and artifacts are symbolic, material possessions important to one's subculture. Relics are from the past; artifacts are from the present. These traditions, relics, and artifacts help shape the personalities of individuals and how they relate with others. Individuals know about these items through storytelling in the subculture. Families are good
a body or an artifact is dug up, it is the job of archeologists to figure out as much as they can about the different objects. Because humans are not omnipotent creatures, sometimes they are wrong in their assumptions and conclusions on the history of these artifacts. After revisiting the pictures and being told the story and professional findings of each one, I too found there were errors in my observations; sometimes I omitted some artifacts and made unknown prejudice or cultural assumptions on
鉠鞟his paper I am going to critique the American flag as a cultural artifact. Flags can mean a sign of surrender, or a sign of victory. And the American flag is most definitely seen as a sign of the later. Growing up as an American, I’ve known this flag as been embedded into my DNA as an American. Living in America there is no way to escape it. This flag has been a relentless symbol of victory and freedom for millions of Americans over the last few hundred years. It has also been a symbol to the
quickly and efficiently with potential employers, the structure and guidelines for thegenre of resumes have emerged. These structures and guidelines, in turn, respond to and reflect ourcultural ideologies. As Bernadette Longo has noted about the cultural nature of texts, such “largersocial relations may not appear directly because we have misrecognized many of them as naturalstates of affairs, being enmeshed in intricate webs of institutional influences that appear
deceased loved ones, enabled families to document their lives as they happened, and to remember those who had predeceased them, thus forming a seemingly cohesive "history" on which to build a nation. Therefore, family photographs can be considered cultural artifacts since they document the events that shape families' lives and so the recording of family history becomes an important endeavor. In many cases, photographs are the only biographical material people leave behind after they die (Boerdam, Martinius
Gyrating Hips Gyrating hips, fast feet, high stepping, and magnificent moves, are characteristics that belong to the great African-American dancers of history’s past. Famu’s Black Archives Museum has a vast collection of African-American artifacts including a variety of pictures of dazzling African-American dancers. These dancers Katherine Dunham, Martha Graham, and Bill “Bo jangles” Robinson exemplify black beauty, style, and grace. Katherine Dunham was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois on June