Single Cultural Artifact

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Kendra Allen Unit # 5 Individual Project Cultural Studies Instructor: John Theodore Well when it comes to answering and discussing a single cultural artifact that I believe that best represents the culture in which I live in today. I would first start off by defining what “Cultural Artifact” is. Cultural artifact can be described as a term that is mostly used in social science particularly in anthropology, ethnology, and last but not least in sociology which can be described as anything created by humans that gives particular information about the culture and background of its creator and potential users. Cultural artifacts can also provide knowledge about technological processes, economy along with social makeups and a host of other subjects as well. When answering the overall question I would have to choose and say it would have to be the “IPod”, because the IPod is considered as one of the most influential developments in today’s society. The IPod is considered to many individuals as one of the most popular and important cultural artifacts of the 21st century. For one it demonstrates where we have come from since the beginning of computers to know what we have accomplished in the computer world in today’s overall society. One particular example would be how an individual use to have to use a stand or a certain type of shelf to hold all of their music CDs or movies on, but now by owning an IPod it’s not necessary anymore to even have a shelf or stand when you can just store everything in your IPod which is a hand held device that an individual can hold in the actual palm of their hand. Also let’s remember that social class and language plays a very huge factor into the iPod. The overall Interaction between individuals has been greatly diminished since the development of the IPod. An IPod is a device that is taken everywhere by many individual’s.
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