Week 11: Reflection

Sidney Siu
ASA 141
Last week

This class being my first upper division ASA course, I'm glad it was one of creativity and more hands-on projects rather than on paper. Because I am an ASA major, I had a broad idea of what to expect, but what I got out of the class was way more than I had imagined. The detail and connections from both Asian and Asian American fashion to the globalization of it all was a huge eye-opener. I especially loved the way the environment was incorporated, as it is such an overlooked part of the fashion industry and impacts the whole world culturally, politically, and economically. The Be Green Challenge was a nice addition in that it allowed all of us to really be conscious of our shopping habits, even aside from just shopping for clothes.
I'll admit, starting at the beginning of the course, I wasn't quite sure how to describe this course even with the course description. I think this course has so much meaningful content that you really just have to take the class with Valverde to fully understand the description.