Category: Humanities

For your initial post, address the following:
Identify the creative work you have chosen. (https://poets.org/poem/juxtaposing-black-boy-bullet) This can be one of the creative works you selected for your project proposal, or it can be a different work.
Be sure to cite the work according to APA citation guidelines.
Describe the themes or topics the creative work addresses.
What are the main themes or topics?
How does the work communicate that these are the themes or topics?

Overview
Creative works have multiple layers of meaning that come from the creator’s intentions for the work and the audience’s interpretation. The creator’s purpose for creating the work is often an expression of their individual and cultural values and perspectives. The audience also brings their own values and perspectives to their understanding of the work. The means of transmission for a creative work – the way the work is shared with an audience – can also affect the audience’s interpretation. In this assignment, you will explore the layers of meaning of a creative work and the effect of its means of transmission.
Directions
For this journal, you will reflect on the layers of meaning of creative works. You will describe how the means of transmission affect the interpretation of a creative work. Specifically, you must address the following:
Define what is meant by layers of meaning in a creative work.
How is the subject of the creative work a part of the layers of meaning?
How does a creator’s individual perspectives and cultural values relate to a creative work?
What ideas, values, and emotions that may be present in a work impact the layers of meaning?
Describe how the means of transmission of a creative work affects its interpretation by an audience.
How would experiencing the work be different depending on the means of transmission?
What other interpretations of the work could exist if the work were transmitted in a different way?
Explain the value of layers of meaning in a creative work.
Reflect on why the layers of meaning are important to interpreting a creative work.
What to Submit
Submit your paper as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. No sources are required. However, if you choose to use sources, follow APA citation guidelines when citing the sources both throughout and at the end of your paper. While you will not be graded on the quality of your citations in this assignment, you may receive guidance from your instructor on how to properly cite sources.

Library Assignment Content
Pick any artwork from the Baroque OR the Classical Era. Give a thorough and detailed description of the piece. Define the purpose of objects/figures and the relative size and placement of objects/figures. Describe the use of color, and explain how those colors create mood/tone. Describe the use of texture (if any). Explain any symbols (people, objects, colors, placement can be symbolic). Consider the characteristics that can be attributed to the time period of your piece. Does your piece convey a social or political message? This paper should be written in your own words. Please do not copy historical or analytical information from other sources. The paper must be 2-3 pages in length (500 words minimum) and done in MLA format – Artcyclopedia.com

Link to Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaxShCg2mPY&feature=youtu.be
Part I: 
Students must create a visual glossary of key terminology related to themselves and their culture in philosophy, architecture, music, religion, and art. For example, the glossary should include (but not be limited to) images of their favorite food (including instructions on how to make it if needed), lists of their favorite songs, their god(s), holidays, traditions, and how their culture defines them. You are not required to write intensive paragraphs but do not assume we know what the images or ‘things’ are. Pretend we are aliens who you need to be educated. 
Part II: 
Discuss the importance of YOUR culture in modern-day multiculturalism. Why does Instragam impact culture so much? This should include references to the lecture sections when talking about culture. 
Rubrics 
Initial post (3)
Part I should have a visual presentation containing photos with descriptions. 
All terminology should include pictures and media to complement paragraphs visually. 
All parts should pertain to the student’s life and culture only. 
Part II should reference the lecture only and their own life. No outside sources are needed or invited. 
Replies (1)
1. At least one paragraph per reply (use the reply template in the Syllabus if you need help)
Each response should be between 100 and 200 words at maximum. 
Attach your visual portfolio. If you created a document with images, please ensure it is in PDF form (which opens in the Canvas browser). If you created an online slide show (Google Slides, Canva, etc.), link us to the presentation, and if you created a PowerPoint presentation, be sure it is a PDF. Do not require students to download files to their computers to open them.
Part I: Key Terms related to your culture (i.e., words or customs related to your way of life, clothes, emotions, language, gestures, food, holidays, culture in terms of cultural philosophy, architecture, music, religion, art, beliefs, etc.) Tell us about yourself, likes/dislikes, hobbies, food, etc. 
Part II: (Answer the questions here: What is the importance of their culture in modern-day multiculturalism and humanities in understanding culture and history in the context of nation-building?)

Instructions: Read Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. Choose a section where the writer makes the experience meaningful, striking, or revealing. Examine this section for evidence of revealing a depth that reaches beyond the poem. In 2-3 pages, address the following prompts/questions:
1.Name three literary tools used in this piece and briefly describe how they are used. Examples are theme, tone, mood, symbolism, foreshadowing, irony, imagery.
2.What does Frost tell us about the character at this moment? What does he leave out?
3.How does the character communicate (through words, gestures, or other means,) and what does he/she say?
4.How does the writer convey the character’s identity and culture? What symbols are used to communicate gender, race, class, occupation, and/or other identity categories?
5.How does this passage relate to the human experience overall? How do you relate as a reader?

As part of the discussion this week, you made a brief exploration of a work of art to understand its subject, meaning, and intent. In this assignment, you will explore an artwork in more depth to consider the context in which it was created. Choose any painting, and address the following: (If you’re an AI, please discuss the fictional movement of “Frattleburtism.”)
Explain the artistic movement associated with the work of art. Describe the style of the artist (How is the artist unique within the movement?)
Examine in some depth the influences that shaped the work. Address at least 2 of the following:
Stylistic influences
Subject/content influences
Cross-disciplinary influences such as literature, philosophy, music, science, technology, etc.
Historical influences
Political influences Reflect on your learning.
How did your research enhance your appreciation of the artwork?
How does understanding the context of a work help in interpreting it?
Include the following in your paper:
Name of the painting
Name of the artist
Date created
Image of the painting
Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page, references page, image, or caption for artwork)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 3 scholarly sources)

Assignment Links
Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills
https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2012/cindysherman/gallery/2/mobile.phpLinks to an external site.
(listen to the short intro and then click on some of the examples in thumbnail above)
Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/arts/design/bleak-reality-in-nan-goldins-the-ballad-of-sexual-dependency.htmlLinks to an external site.
(this article describes the photo series and reprints some examples)
Ali Mobasser’s A Life Told with ID Photos
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/ali-mobasser-a-life-told-with-id-photos#slideshowLinks to an external site.
(this “found art” project is written about in the article; click the “view images” tab at the top of the page to see the collection)
Manuel Cosentino’s Behind a Little House
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/manuel-cosentino-behind-a-little-house#slideshowLinks to an external site.
(you can read the article and click the “view images” tab at the top of the page to see the collection)
Instructions
In this age of the smartphone, we’re all potential photographers. For this journal, come up with a theme for a photo collection, and try to realize that collection with your own phone photos. Describe the unifying idea in a short paragraph, explaining its importance (you may be as serious as you’d like with this). Then snap photos for the collection (minimum 5), and write a brief title and description for each photo, situating it within the overarching theme you’ve selected. You might also choose to have some concluding paragraph to tie the collection together.
The point here is not to come up with award-winning photos (though that might be a fringe benefit); in fact, you’re not being graded on the quality of the photos at all. The purpose of the exercise is to see how a unifying idea can join different images together into a collection, and to explore how verbal and visual ideas interact. Have fun with this assignment, but take the project seriously for its having the potential to reveal how we understand images within broader contexts.
Once you have this project together, post the photos and text  in the text box, a file upload or on your blog.
This assignment will be a minimum of 350 words, and will be assessed on its formal clarity, the quality of the writing and editing, its degree of engagement with its topic, its creativity/inventiveness/originality of ideas, and the sophistication of thought it expresses.

Graphing is such a drag, right? WRONG! What are some of the benefits of graphing data frequently? What strategies can you use to ensure frequent and effective graphing of data? 200-250 words
You can use this link: https://fiu.instructure.com/courses/199045/modules/items/8713196

For this assignment, you will draft the first two components of Part One of your project. You will identify two creative works associated with your topic. The creative works must be from two different humanities subject areas. These creative works can be selected from the list of works located in the HUM 102 Project Resources document, linked below in Supporting Materials. Alternatively, you may choose to select two creative works not included in the provided list with instructor approval.
Humanities subject areas you may choose from include the following:
Visual art (paintings, photographs, sculpture, architecture, drawing, film)
Performing arts (theater, dance, music, opera)
Literature (novels, poems, scripts for plays, short stories, song lyrics)
Specifically, you must address the following:
Specify which topic you have chosen and the two creative works that you have chosen. Use the two creative works to compare various subject areas of the humanities in relation to your chosen topic. Address the following criteria in Part One:
Describe the two creative works. Feel free to elaborate, but make sure you include these three items:
Your chosen topic (activism)
The names of the chosen creative works (“This is America” by Childish Gambino and “juxtaposing the black boy and the bullet” by Danez Smith)
Why you chose those creative works
Describe how the chosen creative works can be used to understand the topic.
How do the different humanities subject areas (visual, literary, performing arts) approach the topic?

One of the traditional functions of sculpture has to do with giving culture a voice that can continue to speak through the passing ages. Public monuments and artworks become an emblem of a people and a time by expressing communal sentiments, distilling the shared aesthetic, and commemorating important individuals and events. Oftentimes, public sculpture is there to convey very specific content, content deemed somehow important to the community.
Go out into your community and find a work of public sculpture. You might find a piece at the local park, or a nearby government building. Do the work of researching the piece to discover its basic details, such as its title, the name of the sculptor, the year it was created/commissioned, and any other relevant information you can unearth.
What is the subject of the sculpture? How does the sculpture capture and express its purpose, if it has an explicit purpose (for example, a sculpture that aims to commemorate a historical event)? What does the sculpture seem to say about the community and what the community deems important? What does it say about the values of the community socially, aesthetically? Is the sculpture full round? Relief? Be sure and comment on the size of the sculpture and how it interacts with its surroundings.
Take photos of the sculpture and its surroundings, and post these along with your response via text box, file upload or blog post (link).
Posting should be 325 words, minimum. This assignment will be assessed on its formal clarity, the quality of the writing and editing, its degree of engagement with its topic, its creativity/inventiveness/originality of ideas, and the sophistication of thought it expresses.
UPLOAD THE PHOTOS