...February 20, 2015 Cultural Artifact Assignment Artifact: antique quilt from rural Appalachian village in West Virginia from 1890, currently on display in the Heritage Farm Museum of cultural artifacts in Huntington, West Virginia. Appalachian Quilts For this assignment I have decided to focus on quilts and their cultural and historic importance. One in particular caught my eye, which is a multi-colored antique quilt that I discovered while researching the Appalachian people of rural West Virginia. While there are many different cultural artifacts that are a part of the history of the Appalachian people, this is one that has deep roots in that often times quilts get passed down from generation to generation. It is a patchwork quilt that was first started by the grandmother of a coal miner, Leanne Thomas in 1890 who left the quilt unfinished in order for her children to add patches to it and then continue the tradition. The colors featured are cream and red. The prints used also feature yellow, blue, orange, purple, green, black, tan, and brown. It is hand-sewn with triangle pieces that are attached together with pieces of yarn. The quilt has an abstract geometric pattern that is made by altering the direction and placement of both blocks and rows. Each particular patch was said to signify an important event such as a birth or death that occurred, as well as to represent a member of the family. This specific quilt is unique because it was said to be one of the original...
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...In the third project, we were required to prepare a remix (either an audio and a video) about the cultural artifact we chose in the previous project. My artifact was an e-reader called the Amazon Kindle. At the beginning, I was perplexed, and did not know about what my remix should be. I had two options in mind. Firstly, I make a mini documentary video about literacy and reading habits in my culture and compare it to the American culture that I have linked my artifact with. Secondly, I make a small introductory video about the Kindle and how it is useful for reading purposes, in addition to including an interview with a person who uses the Kindle. Both of the aforementioned choices required making a video, because audio-remix will not help in delivering the message I want to convey, and that’s due to the fact that not everybody knows what the Kindle is. After considering the short period of time I have, consulting my professor and some classmates, I decided that my remix will be the second the choice (Interview and...
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...Our group decided to choose the 2015 version of Cinderella as our cultural artifact. It took a lot of discussion but we ended up coming to an agreement. We decided to connect it with Sonnet 55. Each of these will be discussed in more details as well as how this poem connects to today’s world. We liked this movie because the story of Cinderella is such an old story has been retold countless times. It has survived for hundreds of years and is very popular still today. We liked the new take that this version added. We were originally going to talk about morality and how this movie taught it, but we decided to change it because we liked the idea of immorality better. We thought that this would better connect to the audience and the sonnet. We chose Sonnet 55 mainly because we felt it connected really well with immorality. We thought that the line “Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn. The living record of your memory.” fit well because just like this sonnet lives on, so does the story of Cinderella. Nothing can destroy this sonnet just like nothing can destroy the story of Cinderella....
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...Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C Donna M. Gerron American InterContinental University Abstract It was a very hard decision deciding on which artifact to write about. It was a choice between the King Center in Atlanta Georgia and the King Memorial in Washington. The King Center has a wealth of information about Dr. King and his fight for nonviolent solutions for African Americans to be considered equal among all men. This paper is about the newest addition to the King legacy, King Memorial Monument in Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C For this week’s IP we were to write about a modern day cultural artifact that best represents the culture we live in today. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a brilliant man who stood up to fight for equality for African Americans in this country. Cultural Background Most people are already aware of who Dr. King was and what he stood for. His legacy will forever affect our society. Because without him we would not have an African American president, Blacks will probably still be treated as though they are second class citizens. Dr. King arranged marches, boycotts, and sit-ins. Even though he and his followers were often met with violence he continued to not lift a finger in anger towards anyone. Unfortunately some people still do think they was they did in the 60’s because they were taught that way of thinking by their parents or grandparents. Dr. King paved the way for Blacks...
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...The first project is analyzing a specific cultural artifacts name Ushanka, a Russian Winter has rose to prominence around the world. Doubted as one of the most effective winter hat in counteracting the brutally cold weather. I begin my essay with an extraordinary attention getter that engaging audience to activate their world of imagination. Although this fresh start provides a clear inquiry question that easily, allow readers to understand the focus of this project. However, I might have inadvertently influence my audience with promising initial claims in my thesis statement. To which, the claims did not really ties back to my inquiry question and fail to establish connection with my conclusion. Therefore, I received mix review of criticism,...
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...language you have chosen and preview the points you will be making in the paper. The Artifact I Have Chosen That Best Represents the Culture I Live In Today Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text citations at the end of every paragraph in which you refer to information from any source, i.e., (Burnette, 2013). Please refer to the APA Guide found under Instructor Guide > Course Overview, Course Materials > APA Guidelines for correct formatting of in-text citation. A Description and Analysis of How (your chosen artifact) Relates to the Values and Beliefs of My Culture Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text citations at the end of every paragraph in which you refer to information from any source, i.e., (Burnette, 2013). Please refer to the APA Guide found under Instructor Guide > Course Overview, Course Materials > APA Guidelines for correct formatting of in-text citation. The Cultural Roots of (your chosen artifact) Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text citations at the end of every paragraph in which you refer to information from any source, i.e., (Burnette, 2013). Please refer to the APA Guide found under Instructor Guide > Course Overview, Course Materials > APA Guidelines for correct formatting of in-text citation. The Historical Roots That Allowed (your chosen artifact) To Come Into Being Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text...
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...Unit 5 Introduction to Humanities Individual Project HUMA215-1101B- Cultural Artifact Artifacts of our own cultures surround us. From art and music to architecture and literature, from philosophy and religion to laws and economics, we live among cultural artifacts that have deep roots. (American Intercontinental University, 2013). An artifact is an item of culture that represents deep traditions and customs. The single artifact that I believe represents the culture that I live in today is the United States Flag. The US flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes which represent the original 13 colonies. The stripes are alternating red and white stripes: 7 red and 6 white stripes. The stars on the flag are symbolic of the 50 states of the union. The colors on the flag are also significant. The color red represents hardiness and valor. The color white represents purity and innocence. The color blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice. All of the colors represent the US struggle to fight for independence, justice, and equality for all people. (USA Flag Site, 2012) The United States flag relates to the values and beliefs of the US culture because it represents unity. The US flag in itself is symbolic of the unity of the 50 states. The United States flag is a source of pride and inspiration to many US citizens because of the bearing on the historical roots. For many the United States is also a symbol that represents equality and justice for all. The United...
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...Return to Owner If you had misplaced something that was valuable to you, you would want it returned. Well, this is exactly how countries feel about their artifacts. Artifacts should be returned to their country of origin. This is so the culture can be celebrated by the people whose ancestors were part of it. Even though when artifacts are in other countries it makes easier for others to learn about the culture, the artifacts may be stolen or they may have been made for private ceremonies, and not meant to be publicized. First, the artifacts may be stolen. Artifacts are often stolen during transport and will be sold to unknowing collectors who will then sell it to a museum. As shown in the third article; The Getty, which had bought the statue...
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...BITON ARTIFACT Tammy Mims American InterContinental University September 23, 2012 HUMA215-1204A-25 Laurie Sprankle Abstract In this paper we are going to learn about an artifact from a period of time. We will understand the description of the artifact due to the culture values and beliefs. An artifact is an example of a culture that is made by men to be seen a loved by others some examples would be; sculptures, paintings, inventions and even pottery. Those are just a few examples of an artifact what kind would you like to learn about? How would you have known you seen an artifact of your culture or another’s culture? Artifacts can be everywhere around us in our daily lives and really wouldn’t know it unless you actually know what an artifact is. Artifacts are in numerous shapes and sizes some of them are in sculptures, paintings, coins, inventions and pottery plus many more. Why do we take a trip back to the past and learn about an artifact from another country dealing with their culture? The artifact that I have chosen is Kleobis and Biton from the Ancient Greek period. This is a well-known sculpture made out of bronze came from the Archaic and around the 600BCE time period. It is of two young men almost standing in the nude and was either votive or the commemorative nature. This artifact is was depicted standing in a frontal pose with their left leg moved forward, as well as their arms was close to their bodies touching the side of their thighs. This artifact was...
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...Louis Ever since the publication of the first translation of Vygotsky's Thought and Language (reborn as Thinking and Speech 25 years later) there has been an ongoing debate about the relationship between the ideas of Vygotsky and Piaget. In the brief space available, we have no interest in arguing the virtues of one man's ideas over the other. Instead, we will suggest that by and large commentators on the differences between these two thinkers have placed too narrow an emphasis on their ideas about the primacy of individual psychogenesis versus sociogenesis of mind while neglecting what we believe is a cardinal difference between them: their views concerning the importance of culture, in particular, the role of mediation of action through artifacts, on the development of mind. Standard discussions of the difference between Vygotsky and Piaget place a crucial difference in the proximal locus of cognitive development. According to the canonical story, for Piaget, individual children construct knowledge through their actions on the world: to understand is to invent. By contrast, the Vygotskian claim is said to be that understanding is social in origin. There are (at least) two difficulties with this story. First of all, in principle, Piaget did not deny the co-equal role of the social world in the construction of knowledge. It is possible to find plenty of places where he says that both individual and social are important. There are no more such things as societies qua beings than...
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...A hundred years from now the world will look at what was left behind from 2011 and wonder what life was like. In scientific studies a cultural artifact is an item produced by humans that furnishes cultural clues about the people who used it. Over time the artifact may change in how it is seen and used. The cell phone as a cultural artifact has come to improve and change various established types of contact in today’s culture (Nielson, 2010). Today the world uses technology in almost everything that it does. Many different types of scholars have advocated the study of technologies as artifacts (Sterne, 2006). The cell phone will be a cultural artifact in its own right. No modern cultural artifact personifies the intellect and the disquieting overindulgence of capitalism as noticeably as the cell phone (Rauch, 2005). It is an item that people work on and the cell phone also works for them. It is used to socialize, idolize, and has many advanced technologies that are used and preformed on them. Consider it a result of social and technical processes. In many urbanized societies like the United States and the rest of the Americas, Europe, and Asia, the cell phone has developed into a scientific experiment or a haven for taxing the confines of technological union. It almost seems a shame to call it a telephone today because it is so much more than that. It can be used as a computer, a gaming tool, still cameras, video cameras, email systems, text messengers, carrier of business...
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...This chapter discusses artifacts, ecofacts, features of the landscape and sites. The authors define artifacts as portable, human produced, or modified objects. Ecofacts are important clues in the archeological record, in this chapter our authors inform us that ecofacts are environmental and organic remains not manufactured by humans. Non-portable artifacts are termed features in this chapter, and sites are locations of artifacts, ecofacts and features. In addition, the authors describe the vital importance of context of artifacts, ecofacts, features and sites. Without context, archeologists cannot know the who, what, where and when of an artifact or ecofacts. Looted treasure is worth far less to humanity if not retained in its original context. The authors continue, defining more...
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...This paper will explore the role that a cultural artifact played the part in the culture we live today. This paper will present a detailed description of this artifact. This paper will analyze how this artifact relates to the values, beliefs of the culture. We will discuss the deep cultural root of this artifact. What historical roots allowed this artifact to come into being? This paper will discuss the cultural periods that might have influenced its development. This paper will discuss how this artifact will be passed to future generations. This paper will discuss what evolutions might this artifact undergo. | | Introduction It’s 1980 and in the park in New City there is a crowd gathered. They are a mix of music that is both somewhat offensive and exciting. The music embodies the rhythm of the African Diasporas as well as added beats of artist of a bygone era. The people are both drown to this strangely intoxication music as well as the troop of dancers that are a kind of visual representation of the music that exist alongside the dancers. You see the dancers but you just barely saw this square box sitting on the small bench. You can just make out the lights flashing in the midday sun. It has two oversized speakers that seem to reproduce a sound that is far greater than its size. What is this strange new device? Where did it come from? And where can I get one? Select the single cultural artifact that you believe best represents the culture...
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...Repatriate in the sense of artefacts means ‘the return of art or cultural objects, usually referring to ancient or looted art, to their country of origin or former owners (or their heirs).’ This can also be described as ‘to make something whole again’- now this really struck me as it showed me that this artifacts aren’t just something that are worth a lot of money, no, these are part of a country’s culture. These objects help to shape a country, give it a past and a background; it provides a standing ground for a country- why should we have the choice to deny these people and countries part of their national identity? What right do we have to do that? One of the most famous examples of an argument over repatriation of artifacts relates to the marble sculptures (the Elgin marbles) removed by the British in 1803 from the Parthenon. The fact is the Greeks had both legal and moral claims over these ancient artifacts. In the US antiquity that was exported and also excavated illegally is defined as stolen property. One can very easily argue that these marble statues are stolen property and they were seized by British explorers and have not been returned. However I find that the moral arguments for the return of these marbles far more effective as the Parthenon is now a thriving tourist attraction that teaches many about the culture and history of the ancient temple and world. By not having these statues one can argue once more about the incompleteness of the temple and therefore the...
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...and pedagogical success of comparable exhibits of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican anthropological artifacts in The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Both institutions have curative extensive collections of Mesoamerican art with artistic and anthropological value, but differ greatly in the presentation of these artifacts. According to Greenblatt, art exhibitions call fall under two distinct categories. The first is a model that emphasizes wonder, the ability of objects to evoke awe in viewers. Ideally, a successful wonder-driven exhibit ought to be captivating enough to stop visitors in their tracks, popular enough to inspire return trips, and punctuated by visitor “ahhs” and “oohs.” The second model for art exhibition is a resonance-focused model, which Greenblatt describes as, “the power of the displayed object to...
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