{"id":73,"date":"2018-10-26T18:01:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T18:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-artofbeinghuman\/chapter\/challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:06:48","slug":"challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-artofbeinghuman\/chapter\/challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment\/","title":{"raw":"Challenge Five: The UnThing Experiment","rendered":"Challenge Five: The UnThing Experiment"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"part-005-challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment\" class=\"element element-container-single element-non-bodymatter element-type-none element-with-heading\">\r\n<div id=\"part-005-challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment-heading\" class=\"heading heading-with-title heading-without-image\">\r\n<div class=\"heading-contents\">\r\n<div class=\"title-subtitle-block title-block-without-element-number\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"part-005-challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment-text\" class=\"text\">\r\n<div class=\"alignment-block alignment-block-align-left\">\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Your challenge is to give something up and live without a key technology for at least 48 hours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objective<\/h3>\r\nPractice the art of seeing. See your seeing as you observe how this technology might shape your assumptions. See big \u2013 how it is an integral part of a larger cultural system. See small \u2013 how it might shape our most mundane routines (or even our bodies). See it all - how our lives and culture might be different (for better and for worse) without it.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Step 1. Give something up, like shoes, chairs, or cars. Or try giving up some form of virtual communication platform for at least 48 hours, and potentially a week or more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Step 2. Post daily updates using #anth101challenge5, reflecting on the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What do you miss about using the thing?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What have you gained by not using it?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How have you changed? Any insights? Do you see the world or other people any differently?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"alignment-block alignment-block-align-left\">\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Step 3. Continue the experiment until you have some significant results. (Extend the time frame or move up a level if you do not have any significant insights.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Step 4. Use your insights to reflect on the key lesson: \"We create our tools and then our tools create us.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"text-block\">\r\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Learn more at anth101.com\/challenge5<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"part-005-challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment\" class=\"element element-container-single element-non-bodymatter element-type-none element-with-heading\">\n<div id=\"part-005-challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment-heading\" class=\"heading heading-with-title heading-without-image\">\n<div class=\"heading-contents\">\n<div class=\"title-subtitle-block title-block-without-element-number\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"part-005-challenge-five-the-unthing-experiment-text\" class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"alignment-block alignment-block-align-left\">\n<div class=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"alignment-block-content alignment-block-content-left\">Your challenge is to give something up and live without a key technology for at least 48 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objective<\/h3>\n<p>Practice the art of seeing. 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