Week 7 Question 1
Approach the clips you have seen from a social scientific perspective. What aspects of art therapy would interest a professional in each of the following fields?
Psychology: How it could help with any issues they have for example: Depression, anxiety, and even possibly lack of verbal communication.
Sociology: How big art has become in the world. Also with how many people are actually using art therapy now.
.: Anthropology: How has art therapy been identified throughout history.
Week 7 Question 2
Use the social science perspective to propose a few explanations as to why you might find graffiti in a society. Choose a social science principle (norms, roles, institutions, and beliefs and values) and describe how these might influence the appearance of graffiti in a society. Describe how the appearance of graffiti in a society might influence the people living there.
You might find graffiti in a society because people use this to express themselves and to be heard publicly. There are two forms of graffiti. Illegal and legal, simple enough. Legal graffiti is really based on beliefs and values or even just admiring someone famous throughout history. Then there is illegal graffiti done by individuals just expressing themselves. I think these people want their voice heard and feel like this is the only way to do so. Appearance of graffiti in a society I feel influences people living there negatively mostly. I say this because most people feel that the ones doing the graffiti are affiliated with gangs or are young rebels just trying to vandalize property.
Week 7 Question 3
Channel your thought process before taking this course and before adopting a social science perspective. Through what type of lens would you have viewed graffiti before taking this course? How would this have influenced how you thought about graffiti? How do these two reactions compare? Has your understanding of social science principles changed the way you perceive graffiti in society? If so, how?
If your perspective on a different issue (other than graffiti) has changed after adopting the social science perspective, feel free to write about this issue instead!
I have honestly never really cared about graffiti. I thought it was always neat unless it was something inappropriate. Now seeing how it could be considered art therapy, I think it's awesome. I never really thought people would use graffiti to express themselves or how they feel with society. I still think there are better forms of art therapy to use though besides graffiti. It is not something I would suggest because most of the time it is considered vandalism.