My artifact is a ribbon I won at an Interscholastic Equestrian Association horse show last year. The horse show was on April Sixteenth, and took place in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. The show was Western Zone Finals. For a rider to qualify for Zone Two Finals, they must acquire at least fifteen points in five or less horse shows. The Interscholastic Equestrian Association, also known as IEA, is for middle and high school students.…
The documentary "Objectified" focuses on the industrial design of objects; the product design process, the people involved in creating such objects, and users' complex relationship with the manufactured objects. The director, Gary Hustwit, noted that designers usually re-evaluate, re-examine and re-invent manufactured objects each day. The commentaries by consultants, designers, and other persons involved in the design process reveal that the objects used daily tell a story. Each object speaks to the individual who put it there, be it intentional or not. According to Hustwit, “the object testifies to the people that conceived it, thought about it, developed it, manufactured it…ranging from issues of form to material to architecture to how it…
The objects that I were assigned were the Bandolier bag from the Native American Delaware Tribe, and the Painted elk hide from the Easter Shoshone tribe. Bandolier bags were extremely popular among most Native American tribes, and each tribe expressed their culture through them in a different way. This particular Bandolier bag comes from the Delaware, or Lenape, Tribe. It is estimated that it was created around 1850 C.E., and is crafted with beads on leather hide. This object has two components to it, one being the shoulder drape and the other being the small bag.…
The ontological status of non spatiotemporal entities is often a controversial issue among philosophers. Fictional characters are discussed in particular because of their prominence in our ? culture. Amie L. Thomasson and Alexius Meinong address this ontological controversy surrounding fictional characters found in literature through different positions. Amie L. Thomasson’s paper, “If We Postulated Fictional Objects, What Would They Be?” introduces the artifactual theory in which fictional characters are ‘abstract artifacts’ created by and depend on their authors for their existence. Under the Meinongian Theory of Objects, anything that the human mind can think of or refer to is an object with a certain ontological statues of either existence,…
1. State the title of your research simulation High-quality child care important is important for a child’s Development. 2. Describe the major topic and the overall goal…
Throughout a persons life, nonhuman objects can play a significant role in their day to day activities. As both a child and an adult, people form relationships with nonhuman items within their surroundings. These items can and will have intrinsic worth and symbolic significance to its owner for various reasons. First Symbolic Item As a young child, Goldy had a hard time in school, and was constantly made fun of.…
It is a sin to write and read the following. It shows the ways in which the character, Equality 72521 from the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, and how he was not in by any means wrong in writing what he had written. The following will go through the community, himself, and finally his independence from the community and his “brothers” of his old life. The community is the words you hear most often when talking about an environment.…
1. Discuss the components involved in the Holistic approach to health. How does this approach differ from the Biomedical Model? In 1948 the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”. (Ragin, 2011, pg. 13) Although this isn’t a new concept, it is an affirmation that the mind, body and social environment have a relationship to the overall health of individuals.…
The theme of suicide can be found in many aspects of society such as literature as well as the daily life of people. In Hamlet, Shakespeare explores the theme of suicide through Hamlet’s life and the way that Hamlet deals with the problems that he encounters. The theme of suicide is significant in Hamlet because it greatly influences Hamlet’s thoughts and interactions with other characters. The theme of suicide is created through the experiences that Hamlet faces while he deals with the issues in his life. The decision whether to commit suicide or to live is based on one’s environment, perspective, and current emotions.…
"It 's a Beautiful Thing": Art, Culture, History and Humanity in George Orwell 's 1984 In 1984 George Orwell pulls readers into his horrific and at the same time awe- inspiring totalitarian society, dictated by a dystopian political system that builds a world on omnipresent surveillance, public manipulation, oppression, hatred, propaganda and "their sole motive, [which is] the quest for power" (Paul 215) . Due to the unconditional control the party has over Oceania, there is evidently a paucity of beauty, culture and history. Art plays a crucial part of humanity, history and our depiction of the truth.…
In chapter one is all about the interpersonal process which how we communicate and why we do. But there are many need and factors with communicating. There some of the terms that stood out to me in this chapter they are environment, communications, feedback, noise, and transactional communication model. Environment is…
MATERIAL AND NONMATERIAL CULTURE 3 2. Glamorous ball-gown; I value the appropriateness of wearing such a dress for the right occasion, such as a wedding, rather than to the supermarket. 3. A government-issued identification card; shows that I am willing to respect and conform to the rules that the government have placed upon us. Without this form of identification, it would be hard for me to pay for goods in stores using my credit…
Have you ever wonder why people purchase certain products? Some consumers want to demonstrate superiority when it comes to self and products. Spending money on product is part of our economic. In this paper, we will discuss conspicuous consumptions and we will attempt to explain what conspicuous consumptions is and how it is important for marketers to understand why consumers purchase luxury items.…
Signs are a commonplace feature of daily life. A sign is defined as anything that can be used to represent something else. (Berger, 2013). Commodity signs are a crucial part of consumer culture. These signs can be found on websites, in advertisements or even in a company’s logo.…
Working in an office also has a number of disadvantages, aside from its benefits, which caused the trend of doing work at home to bloom. These drawbacks reduced the number of employees patronizing jobs done in an office environment. To start with, working in an office consumes more of individual’s personal time. As stated by Manuron (retrieved 2015), even though making more money is beneficial to a family financially, a family is likely to suffer in other ways because of an individual’s absence in some special family occasions, his irritability towards them and other constraints of working overtime.…