Overview
For this assignment, you will work on items that belong to the humanities and explore the cultures they represent. You will also evaluate “big
questions” that can be associated with the humanities and determine how you can go about answering them.
Prompt
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. List three cultures or subcultures you identify strongly with, and rank them from most to least significant in your life. These can be national,
ethnic, religious, and they can include subcultures or groups related to your personal interests.
2. Identify one representative object from the humanities for each of the cultures or subcultures you identify with.
3. Explain how the cultural object reflects the culture in which it exists. Consider which aspects of culture have relevance for each object:
politics, history, religion, social perceptions, technology, media, education, and so on.
Guidelines for Submission
Your submission should be a Word document, one to two pages in length, with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch
margins.
4. SUBMIT 1-2 Short Answer: “Cultural Objects and Their Cultures”:
1. LIST 3 cultures or subcultures you identify strongly with in order of their importance in your life. (Watch this great short video tutorial to
understand CULTURES & SUBCULTURES.) EXAMPLE: The gaming subculture.
2. IDENTIFY one specific Cultural Object (aka “Cultural Work”) for EACH of the 3 cultures or subcultures you listed. EXAMPLE: Steven Spielberg’s 2018
movie Ready Player One. (SUGGESTION: You could even use an image of one of your Cultural Objects for your PROFILE PICTURE if you like!).
“CULTURAL WORKS” DEFINITIONS
A “Cultural Work” is an artistic,
creative object made by a human
being. For example, a flower is NOT a
cultural work, but an ikebana flower
arrangement IS because a human
created it.
Parhassit
A “Cultural Work” has more than just a
practical purpose. For example, a
shopping list is NOT a cultural work,
but a poem is because of its artistic
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A “Cultural Work” is a specific object,
NOT a general category of objects. For
example, “country music” in general is
NOT a cultural work but Lil Naz X’s
“Old Town Road” is because it is a
specific song.
Please review Module Two Introduction Page for more details and
examples of “Cultural Works.”
3. EXPLAIN how each Cultural Object you identified reflects key aspects of its culture or subculture in terms of politics, history, religion, or
education). EXAMPLE: Ready Player One is set in a dystopian future where humanity uses virtual reality to escape into popular culture from the past.
The movie reflects HISTORY because it includes over 100 references to Cultural Works (films, television shows, music, toys, video games, anime, and
comics) from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
4. Your submission must be a 1-2 page Word document in BLACK 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced, with one-inch margins on all 4 sides.
EXAMPLE 1-2 Short Answer: “Cultural Objects and Their Culture”:
Culture/Subculture Object Influence of Culture on the Object
My local Theater
community
The These are the masks of comedy and tragedy represented in a goldsmith piece
Masks of by William Tolliday (1970). The origins of the masks of comedy and tragedy can be
Comedy traced back to open-air Greek theatre. Greek plays were performed wearing them.
and The intent of wearing the masks was to represent different emotions, and their look
Tragedy was exaggerated for the audience to be able to clearly distinguish between them. The
by Williamcomedy mask expresses human folly, while the tragedy mask expresses disturbing
Tolliday emotions such as fear, anger, and sadness. The two masks are paired together to
(1970): express these two human extremes.
My local Street Art
community
“Fear No This is one of my favorite Vegas street murals: “Fear No Fate” by Tristan Eaton.
Fate” Located in Downtown Las Vegas near the world famous Fremont Street Experience,
mural by this beautiful mural depicts well-known Vegas symbols like the “Welcome to Las
Tristan Vegas” sign in Paradise along with the poker chips that both The Strip and Downtown
Eaton are known for. It is also the cover image for the textbook for the class I teach
(2016): elsewhere on Las Vegas Street Art.
EXAMPLE 1-2 Short Answer
My community of My Few things capture the character and style of the Mob Museum quite like the fedora
fellow volunteers and fedora hat, which is why I always wear mine when I volunteer here. Typically, a wool felt
workers at the Mob hat: fedora, my hat is made of sequins for some extra Vegas flair. Many famous mobsters
Museum
Pand gangsters wore a fedora. In its heyday, the fedora was a fashion “must” for
gangsters like Al Capone and Hollywood characters film stars like Humphrey Bogart.
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