Mask Project
Socialization essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pllLPPV55BW3dWQS1exezmeFZ1_wneo_DnyWAmqQ6f4/edit?ts=5a5d8813
The mask project was a semester long project where we wrote an essay as well as created a mask. The essay was about how we as humans have been socialized through other people. In my essay I wrote about how I was socialized through being smart tough and athletic, and how I came to be this way. Most of this project is how we have been socialized while writing the essay but for the mask portion of this project we created a mask that was about us. What I mean about that is we put on a mask to fit into a certain friend group or community. So as you might guess we created masks of our own face then turned them into what we think of how we change ourselves in certain situations.
This project required a lot of my peers critiques on my project because I am very centered around making as opposed to writing. I really noticed this when I felt I put in a lot of effort into my essay but really didn’t feel as proud of it in prototype phase. Whereas when I was working on my mask in prototype faze I really thought it turned out great. Then after the prototype phase I advocated for myself to my teacher critique on my on my essay as well as my Mask A. After critique is when a lot of problems started showing up around my Plan A mask such as some metal pieces were a little bit big. This lead to a lot of crunching which unfortunately in some places were irreversible. However with the situation at hand I personally think that I did really well. All in all the refinement in my ask was great however in my essay even though I am proud of it I feel it could’ve been more improved upon.
More than just how my work has changed I changed as a person as well. This is because we watched a lot of videos as well as read papers on socialization and the definition of being human. This really changed me in the way of reflection of who I was in the past compared to who I am now. More specifically I try to not be who other people think I should be and be the person that I really am. Also I started noticing how I or other people have socialized others such as my friends. Especially now I can use this to help encourage others instead of letting those powers go dormant and not doing anything.
This project required a lot of my peers critiques on my project because I am very centered around making as opposed to writing. I really noticed this when I felt I put in a lot of effort into my essay but really didn’t feel as proud of it in prototype phase. Whereas when I was working on my mask in prototype faze I really thought it turned out great. Then after the prototype phase I advocated for myself to my teacher critique on my on my essay as well as my Mask A. After critique is when a lot of problems started showing up around my Plan A mask such as some metal pieces were a little bit big. This lead to a lot of crunching which unfortunately in some places were irreversible. However with the situation at hand I personally think that I did really well. All in all the refinement in my ask was great however in my essay even though I am proud of it I feel it could’ve been more improved upon.
More than just how my work has changed I changed as a person as well. This is because we watched a lot of videos as well as read papers on socialization and the definition of being human. This really changed me in the way of reflection of who I was in the past compared to who I am now. More specifically I try to not be who other people think I should be and be the person that I really am. Also I started noticing how I or other people have socialized others such as my friends. Especially now I can use this to help encourage others instead of letting those powers go dormant and not doing anything.