Essay Task 1 “Should Cultural Artifacts be returned to their country of Origin?” Every one of us has seen the marvelous pieces of priceless artifacts such as paintings and sculptures displayed in our local museums. We enjoy glancing at them so much that when we finally exit the museum‚ we desire to see them again the next day in the same exact spot‚ as if they belong to the museum. Most of us forget the fact that these artifacts which we assume are owned by the museum have their individual histories
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People study artifacts to better understand cultural norms as well as what the people went through on a day-to-day basis. An artifact can be interpreted in many different ways since they have multiple meanings. These multiple meanings may be hard to understand if you‚ as the viewer‚ do not know anything about the culture prior to viewing this artifact. Office Space is an example of a cultural artifact of the United States in the 1990’s. It takes us into the world of an American white-collar office
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Artifacts have been an important part of history forever. Some say that the artifacts should be returned to their homeland. They say this because the artifacts lose their context and a part of history when they are moved from their home. In reality‚ it is better to keep the artifacts in the museums. These artifacts should be kept in museums because the countries that own them may not be able to fund the protection the artifacts. Also‚ the artifact’s place of origin could be in turmoil‚ or the territory
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away from us. Artifacts is one of the reason that is making huge controversy whether or not artifacts should remain in museums or they should be returned back to their regions of origins. Antiquities are the essential part of their countries where it shows their unique cultural and historical history. If these relics of the ancient world remove from their country of origins then people will no longer to be able to enjoy those artistry. That is why I believed those cultural artifacts should not be
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Cultural Artifact Speech Assignment Length: 4-5 minutes Audio/visual Aid: Required Speech Worksheet: Required and must be submitted through Blackboard. No hard copies/emails accepted. Cultural Artifact Speech For the purposes of this speech‚ think critically about who you are and where you come from‚ to identify a culture that you identify with most strongly. This can include your ethnic culture‚ gender‚ religion or occupation. Perhaps your hobby makes a definitive statement about who
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Marisol Ruiz Ruben Casas English 1 The Great Television A cultural artifact can be an element that defines a culture. During the twenty and twenty-first century forms of communication were changed and/or created. In America the introduction of television had an impact in Family life‚ politics‚ and gender roles in today’s society. The television was first introduced in America in the late 1940’s. As it was introduced Americans purchased televisions as a record rate‚ in fact more quickly then
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“Overpopulation is bad but overconsumption is worse” tells the readers that overconsumption is worse than overpopulation. Whereas‚ on the other hand‚ the author of “Blue jeans”‚ Leslie C. Smith worked in medical profession as a specialist in nuclear medicine. His idea affected the lifestyle of people to different style when “Blue Jeans” was published in 1992. Do you know what makes a reading interesting to its readers? We read so many essays but there are only few we like and find interesting
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Cultural Artifact Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Attention getter: When you think of family game night‚ Monopoly‚ Uno‚ and Scrabble come to mind. But when I think of family game night‚ the only game I hope to be playing is Lotería!. B. Revealed object: The cultural artifact that I chose to talk about is the Lotería game. C. Speaker credibility: This game has been something I’ve played with my family and friends since I can remember that still continues to be a tradition at every get-together
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Artifacts can tell stories. Unlike history recorded or told by human‚ artifacts are capable of revealing the most objective and neutral version of the stories. Behind the sword belonged to Thomas’ Legion‚ there is a history of Native American‚ especially the position of eastern band of Cherokee‚ during the Civil War period. The sword is a Model 1840 Cavalry Saber (M1840) in dark color‚ which used to owned by Colonel Love in Thomas’ Legion. This artifact is 44 inch long with a weight of 2.5 pounds
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Laura Tarbay Bible 8 15 February 2012 Artifact Project The first artifact that I uncovered was a cellular phone‚ an Android from Verizon. In 2012 cellular phones were very popular‚ especially smartphone‚ but they were mostly used for communication‚ and entertainment. Cellphones were the main source of technology‚ along with computers‚ and Ipods. In 2012 a cellular phone was more of a status symbol then technology‚ if you were given a flip phone on the “Metro PCS” or “T-Mobile” plan you
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