{"id":5568,"date":"2020-11-13T15:46:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/?p=5568"},"modified":"2020-11-13T15:46:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:46:41","slug":"minimalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/13\/minimalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>ICS 392 \u0096 Consumer Culture .<\/p>\n<p>Professor Albert Muniz<\/p>\n<p>Assignment #2 \u2013 Minimalism<\/p>\n<p>This is an assignment about minimalism and its recent rise in cultural prominence. Minimalism connects with a lot of different things we\u0092ve covered this quarter, starting with content from week #1 and running through week #9. There are a lot of different opinions about minimalism: what it means, how it works, what it can do and for whom it can do it. As a result, there are a lot of different directions you could take your argument in this essay.<\/p>\n<p>The important thing is that you actually have to spend some time and methodically think about minimalism in light of course content. The bad news: you won\u0092t be able to crank this out in one sitting. The good news: if you\u0092ve been paying attention at all and have done at least half of the reading, you\u0092re going to have a surplus of ideas while you read and ponder the following readings. The subsequent lists contains readings on minimalism, both pro and con\/skeptical, as well as some readings for context.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of articles on minimalism in consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Pro minimalism:<\/p>\n<p>1) \u0093Living With Less. A Lot Less,\u0094 by Graham Hill, New York Times, March 9, 2013:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/10\/opinion\/sunday\/living-with-less-a-lot-less.html.<\/p>\n<p>2) and Hill\u0092s blog:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/lifeedited.com.<\/p>\n<p>3) \u0093How I Became a Minimalist (Why I Choose to Live with Less),\u0094 by Jennifer, Simply Fierece.com, September 5, 2015:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.simplyfiercely.com\/how-i-became-a-minimalist\/.<\/p>\n<p>4) \u0093\u2019The Joy of Less\u2019 is the best minimalism book I\u2019ve read,\u0094 Katherine Martinko, Treehugger.com, April 27, 2017:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/cleaning-organizing\/joy-less-best-minimalism-book-ive-read.html.<\/p>\n<p>5) \u0093I Tried Minimalism for a Week,\u0094 BuzzFeed videos, July 1, 2017:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6PDlf8mPMh8.<\/p>\n<p>6) \u0093Top 8 Benefits of Living a Minimalist Lifestyle,\u0094 by Tina Williamson, Lifehack.com, August 31, 2018:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifestyle\/top-8-benefits-living-minimalist-lifestyle.html.<\/p>\n<p>7) Becoming Minimalist, a blog by Joshua Becker:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/most-popular-posts\/.<\/p>\n<p>Con\/skeptical of minimalism:<\/p>\n<p>1) \u0093Marie Kondo and the Privilege of Clutter,\u0094 by Arielle Bernstein, the Atlantic, March 25, 2016:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2016\/03\/marie-kondo-and-the-privilege-of-clutter\/475266\/.<\/p>\n<p>2) \u0093The Oppressive Gospel of \u0091Minimalism,\u0092\u0094 by Kyle Chayka, New York Times, July 26, 2016:<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_post_video\"><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"The Oppressive Gospel of \u2018Minimalism\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F07%2F31%2Fmagazine%2Fthe-oppressive-gospel-of-minimalism.html#?secret=TWlM22fcVC\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"TWlM22fcVC\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>3) \u0093Minimalism: another boring product wealthy people can buy,\u0094 by Chelsea Fagan, The Guardian, March 4, 2017:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/mar\/04\/minimalism-conspicuous-consumption-class.<\/p>\n<p>4) \u0093Minimalism is Overrated: How I Learned to Love a Little Clutter,\u0094 By Michelle Slatalla, The Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2018:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/minimalism-is-overrated-how-i-learned-to-love-a-little-clutter-1525194725.<\/p>\n<p>For context:<\/p>\n<p>You might consider some of the readings from our first class:<\/p>\n<p>1) \u0093Today\u0092s families are prisoners of their own clutter,\u0094 by Beth Teitell, The Boston Globe, July 9, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>2) \u0093Material Saturation: Mountains of Possessions,\u0094 by Jeanne E. Arnold, Anthony P. Graesch, Enzo Ragazzini and Elinor Ochs, from Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>3) Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1993), \u0093Why We Need Things,\u0094 in History of Things, Essays on Material Culture, Steve Lubar and W. David Kingery, ed., Washington D.C., 20-29.<\/p>\n<p>As you might recall, the first two of these readings dealt with middle class families being overwhelmed by mountains of possessions. The third dealt with the positive power of meaning from things. These three readings can be found in the course reserves in ARES. The next one was on our week #1 D2L discussion forum:<\/p>\n<p>4) \u0093Meet The People With Almost Nothing in Their Closets,\u0094 by Alina Dizik, BBC, July 26, 2016:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20160725-meet-the-people-with-almost-nothing-in-their-closets.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another on mountains of stuff, with a slightly different spin:<\/p>\n<p>5) \u0093The Pack Rat Indicator: Why Hoarding Is a Good Sign,\u0094 by Patricia Clark, Bloomberg, December 13, 2016:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-12-13\/the-pack-rat-indicator-why-hoarding-is-a-good-sign.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to writings on minimalism, there are some adjacent\/related\/analogous concepts that are culturally significant. These include things like tiny houses, downshifting and voluntary simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>Your assignment: read some (or preferably all) of the above. In sixteen-hundred words, try to discern what is going on with this movement and make connections to course content. Make sense of minimalism using what you have learned in this course. Is minimalism the answer? What exactly is the problem? Is minimalism just another problem? Are the proponents of minimalism right? Are the critics of minimalism right? Are they both right and both wrong? Will this movement catch on? Do you plan to use it? Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of connections to make to lots of different ideas, concepts and frameworks from this class. Stuff. Mountains of things. Over-stuffed closets. Taste. Status (all forms and its evolution). Clothing and fashion. Brands. Identity. How we buy. Donations.<\/p>\n<p>Much that we have covered is germane to this exercise and there is no one right answer. This is where you can tell me what you think about consumer culture and why. Has this class changed the way you consume?<\/p>\n<p>You can work on this project alone or in groups of up to three people. That is entirely your choice. Naturally, I will be expecting a ~little~ more from groups than solo work. Last Fall, the work on this particular assignment ranged from good to great to the truly astounding. Students got into it. Allow yourself to have a little fun with this.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of the paper, list the number of words in the document. The word count does not include references, or any other appendices you might want (but don\u0092t have) to include.<\/p>\n<p>DUE: Before the start of class in week #10 (we will discuss it in class and you will be done)<\/p>\n<p>Must be submitted via Digital Dropbox in D2L. If you work as group, you only need to submit one copy, but there are a few guidelines for submitting group work. First, have the student whose last name appears first alphabetically submit the paper. 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