Personal Cultural Artifact Examples

Culture, a significant aspect of an individual identity, tending to be defined from your birth, woven by the gods: however, I defy the hand of fate by picking my own cultural identity... For why should I be forced into the culture that was imposed upon me, just because of my heritage, religion, beliefs, and customs; instead of discovering my own and being myself. I am to tell you the culture I subjugate myself into; a sub-genre of gaming and anime culture, collectively called otaku, and help broaden your mind to the new phenomenon of a different type of pop culture. My artifact would be my limited edition Pokemon X and Y 3DS XL. The 3DS was launched at March of 2011 by Nintendo, but I didn't acquire it until the winter of 2013. The significant impact the artifact and culture had (has) prevented me from falling into depravity when my mind was filled with utter madness, doubt, and overbearing pain; it saved my very soul from being corrupted by the chaos that plagued my household. It helped me escape my

I interviewed another adherent of this culture, and I was shocked by his remarks, such as,“Sometimes the saddest part of residing in this country of 'freedom of expression', is no matter what time period it might be, we will always be treated differently, or criticized for adhering an idea for just expressing ourselves as humans, and in my case I am shamed by others for watching anime and playing video games because of the repulsive, degrading, and ignorant remarks others make about the what I enjoy.” confirming the idea otakus get outcasted by the masses.(Rogers)(Here you should explain how you talk about how the others perspective did not affect how you feel about your