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Peter Menzel - Material World. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952. Critically analyze the photographs. What do you see in each photograph? What changes are there between the previous slide and the current one?
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Peter Menzel - Material World http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952
Critically analyze the photographs • What do you see in each photograph? • What changes are there between the previous slide and the current one? • What cultural values/norms/mores can we extrapolate from each slide? • Be sure to look at the people, the house, their possessions…
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