Reflection-Narayan

Pryanka Narayan   

ASA 141 

Week 11                                                     Final Blog  

This course has been one of the most fascinating and intriguing courses I have ever taken. As prior to starting this course, I found the title “Asian American Fashion” to be boring but thought it would help satisfy my ASA minor requirement. I can honestly say by the end of the course, I found it to be like no other Asian American class. For example, I found all of the readings we had to be really interesting and found myself asking questions I never had really thought about considering ASA fashion.  There were also concepts that I was not aware of, such as the Kimono.  I have briefly heard of the term, but never quite knew what it really was. I also liked the hands-on approach of being able to do study reading and present on a topic with the group. For instance, my group presented on Santa’s Workshop, and while I briefly knew that the USA outsourced its work and goods to third world countries, I had no idea the extent. After learning the true nature of third world exploitation and participating in the Green challenge, I can truly say I have changed the way I view fashion and my spending habits. I am now more environmentally conscious and socially aware of what and where I choose to spend. I also enjoyed the field trip and being able to witness a real-life exhibit and found it motivating for the final.  Lastly, I thoroughly enjoyed the final project. While at the time, I found it stressful to conduct, I found that in the end I got closer to my group members and created something that represents the knowledge I have gained throughout the quarter.