Amber Howard WRA 150 October 3‚ 2012 Cultural Artifact: Procrastination As a college student‚ I can’t help but to notice how easily distracted students can get due to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. For a fact I know I have been distracted due to social networking like Twitter. I tweet an average of over 200 tweets per day. Twitter is so distracting that hours can go by and I will not notice that it has been that long. I get so distracted by all the gossip in the media‚ and wondering
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A cultural artifact is an item that can display crucial information about the society that made or used it. An item can qualify as a cultural artifact‚ if it portrays evidence of either political‚ social‚ or religious organization of the specific people or community that it belongs to (Yelnick‚ "Cultural Artifact"‚ 2015). In my case‚ the cultural artifact chosen to display the western society is That 70’s Show. That ‘70’s Show was a comedy about a group of teen-aged friends living in Point Place
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The Humanism of Cultural Artifacts in the Renaissance The Renaissance had many great accomplishments toward the rebirth of ideas‚ communication‚ artistry and beliefs. Humanism in the Renaissance was seen all over Europe beginning in Italy in the 14th Century showing a revival of the cultural arts. A few of the greatest influences are seen of The School of Athens‚ the paintings in the Sistine Chapel‚ and the statue of David. Humanism in the Renaissance cultivated great intellectual movement. It
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American Cultural Artifact There are many different things that come to mind when thinking about the typical culture of Americans. One of the most prominent artifacts that are typical of American culture is television. The description of television is an electronic device that receives signals and displays them on a screen‚ then turns them into visual moving or still images. Those images then tell a story. Television is box or rectangular shape‚ and most new models are thin and range in different
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How High Cultural Artifact Analysis In this paper‚ I will explore how the movie How High reinforces racial and classist stereotypes associated with African Americans. I will then discuss how the use of these stereotypes diminishes hope for African Americans who would like to go to college. How High is about two African American males who decide to smoke magical marijuana before taking college entrance exams. This marijuana enables them to score very well on the exam and thus get accepted to many
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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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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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is ever changing across time and space. 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
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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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