Cultural Experience

Site Visit:

For this report, attend one of these venues, events, or experiences that feature the visual arts, theater, dance, religion, myth, or other humanities discipline.

• art museum or sculpture garden (especially effective if you focus on a particular subject or exhibition.)
• art installation
• performance art piece
• significant or notable architectural site (if there is explanatory material there to help you understand it)
• music concert
• theater play
• poetry reading or spoken word performance (but not a lecture, not TED Talks)
• dance performance
• religious service, ceremony or ritual for a religion very different from yours, if you practice (for instance, if you are Christian, you may not go to another Christian denomination's service)

Write a two (2) page report that analyzes what makes the event, site, or experience meaningful.

Each report should include the following information:

Include photos or links that help convey the information. As always, be sure to document all sources you consult in preparing your work. Write an introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion which repeats the thesis statement.

1.      A brief description (of the event or institution or setting as appropriate)
2.      An analysis of at least one relevant aspect of the experience that you found especially interesting or impressive.
3.      An evaluation of the experience using at least one specific and explicit theory, concept, fact, or practice. This is the heart of the assignment.
4.      A reflection on the relevance--if any--of your visit to your everyday life. Your reflection should address how the experience helped you better understand the human condition—or failed to.