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HUM 100 Module Two: Project Proposal 1 Perspective in the Humanities Lauren F Caruso Southern New Hampshire University Department of Nursing and Healthcare Professions Professor Wendell Smith Module Two: Project Proposal September 17, 2023

HUM 100 Module Two: Project Proposal 2 9/11 Memorial For my project, I have selected the 9/11 memorial, museum and reflection pool located in New York City at the site of where the Twin Towers once stood. The 9/11 memorial was designed by architect Michael Arad and landscaper architect Peter Walker (About the memorial). In April 2003, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation launched a competition to choose a design for the memorial. It was not until January 2004 that the “Reflecting Absence” designed by Arad and Walker was selected. The cultural event that influenced the architects to create this work was the terrorist attack on American on September 11, 2001. The 9/11 memorial was created to honor the victims of the attack and to create a space where people could go to pay their respects to those victims and remember those lost on that sad day. The memorial consists of two memorial pools which are located at the base of the former North and South towers and contains the largest manmade waterfall in North America (About the memorial). Along the edge of the pools, you will find the names of each of the 2,983 people that lost their lives on September 11, 2001, as well as those that lost their lives on February 26, 1993, when the World Trade Center was bombed (About the memorial). The names of the victims being added to the memorial represent those that were lost but will never be forgotten. Another specific piece of the memorial is “The Survival Tree”. During the recovery period of ground zero, workers found a single Callery pear tree that had been severely damaged. Crews from the New York City Parks and Rec department removed the tree and successfully nursed it back to health and place it back where it belonged—at the site of the previous towers (About the memorial).

HUM 100 Module Two: Project Proposal 3 The reflection pools and the survival tree both stood out to me because they are two powerful items that reflect on that horrific day in America while creating positive messages of remembering . The pool In my option, the creators of the memorial were looking to create a space where people could go and reflect on what took place on American soil while paying their respects to those that were lost. The creators were successful in creating a place of remembrance and peace in an area that once held the greatest tragedy on American soil. Japanese Tattoo Skinning For my unfamiliar culture, I selected the Japanese Tattoo Skinning. Tattoo Skinning was performed by pathologist, Dr. Masaichi Fukushi. While studying moles and pigment in human skin, Fukushi became fascinated by the tattoos of the people he encountered. His fascination of the traditional Japanese tattoos led Fukushi to becoming a collector of tattooed skin. Individuals who were patients at the “Mitsui Memorial Hospital” donated their bodies to science and Fukushi would remove the skin, preserve it and then display it in glass cases (Reveron, 2020). Fukushi even paid for people to have their tattoos completed with the condition that upon their death, he would be allowed to remove and preserve their skin (Yamatomagzine). In total, there are 105 skinned items on display at “The Medical Pathology Museum”, many of which are full body suits. I found this unfamiliar culture to be interesting because I grew up with a father that is heavily tattooed, and I have become “addicted” to tattooing. Tattoo Skinning is a way for people who have expressed themselves through the form of body art to be remembered.

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HUM 100 Module Two: Project Proposal 4 Humanities is a way to help individuals understand other people’s cultures and lives better than we already do. People are naturally curious about others and their cultures, so understanding those cultures through the humanities lens will help us to improve critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills.

HUM 100 Module Two: Project Proposal 5 References: About the memorial . About the Memorial | National September 11 Memorial & Museum. (n.d.). https://www.911memorial.org/visit/memorial/about-memorial Reveron, B. (2020, August 4). Dead Skin, living art... The Museum of Tattooed Skin - CVLT Nation . CVLT Nation - The Home of Underground Culture. https://cvltnation.com/dead- skin-living-art-the-museum-of-tattooed-skin/ Yamatomagazine. (2020, September 14). The bodysuit collector: Doctor Fukushi Masaichi and the art of preserving tattooed skin . Yamato Magazine. https://yamatomagazine.home.blog/2020/09/14/the-bodysuit-collector-doctor-fukushi- masaichi/

HUM 100 Module Two Project Proposal

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