When listening to Vivaan’s elevator pitch, I was very intrigued while listening. His artifact immediately captured my attention and had me thinking. I thought he did a very good job in analyzing the artifact in many different ways and lenses. I really liked the comparison to a pyramid and how if you remove one piece, the whole thing will fall down. I did not even think about this at first when seeing the artifact. Perhaps, he could also look through the artistic lens as it has some structure to it that could be considered architecture or art. It goes beyond just an image and is very creative. I also think it could be expanded on how the top of the pyramid features a white rich woman and how we see as the pyramid grow that it is really benefiting the wealthy and privileged. The natives do the actual killing of the animals but it is much more complex than that and shows how it is very intertwined with white, rich, businessmen and women. You can literally see how the diversity decreases as we climb the pyramid and those are the people who are truly befitting most. They do little of the work and still get a lot of money and profit from these services.

4 thoughts on “rcl #3: elevator pitch response

  1. Nice review of Vivaan’s speech! I really like your approach to analyzing this artifact. I think noting the ethnicity, race, and gender of each person in the pyramid is a very important stylistic choice that can lead to great analysis.

  2. I love the idea of integrating how the diversity decreases as you move up the pyramid and the fact that the rich white woman is at the top. I’m going to be sure to add that to the actual essay, so thank you for that. I also think looking at it from the point of view of art or the creativity metacompetency is a good shout. Thank you.

  3. I liked how you brought up the idea of looking at Vivaan’s speech through an artistic lens. His artifact is a powerful image, which conveys a structure with layered meaning and interpretation… much like art. If he were to look at his artifact through the artistic lens I feel it was be a solid addition to his speech.

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