THINK PIECE DIRECTIONS For certain topics this semester you will be responsible for completing a Think Piece. The Think Piece is an open-ended analysis of the topic and how the concepts are a part of...

It is an Anthropology assignment. Does not need to be cited because it is a think piece


THINK PIECE DIRECTIONS For certain topics this semester you will be responsible for completing a Think Piece. The Think Piece is an open-ended analysis of the topic and how the concepts are a part of your actual life. Cultural anthropology is not abstract, but very real. We all live these topics every day. I want you to think about how you do that. I want you to be the cultural anthropologist and use the concepts to analyze your life. I will provide prompts for you to think on as you are doing your writing. These are not questions to be answered but rather notions to consider as you compose your Think Piece. Each think piece needs to be at least two full double-spaced page. They may be longer, but not shorter. They may incorporate aspects of previous topics if you find them relevant to the current week’s topic! The compositions should be written in Times New Roman or Garamond, 12pt, 1” margins. You do not need to put your name and ten lines to a title on the first page since you will be submitting though Blackboard. I know who you are and what the assignment is Think Pieces will be submitted through BlackBoard only! Please, no email submissions. Think Piece 5 This week we discussed art and aesthetic. Think about the ways that art integrates into your life—from the expected to the surprising. What aesthetic motivates you? Look around you; at the clothes you’re wearing, the house you live in and all the furniture, the art on the walls, but also at the more mundane things: the food you have (especially anything in a can or box). Did you buy it because you genuinely like the brand, or because of the packaging? A lot of thought and art goes into package design to make people want to buy something as simple as a can of soup. Just look at the world around you, small as it may have become, to see where aesthetic has motivated you.