One of the clearest illuminations of how sociology touches our everyday lives can be found through an analysis of the objects we interact with. These objects are not just ‘things’, or commodities, but are the condensation of vast amounts of social information. Our objects are created, used, and given meaning through social processes, and these processes leave their imprint. Our objects can tell us about the world we live in, or the world that once existed.   Our final paper will be an object-based analysis. Students will choose an object they encounter in their everyday life and then decide on one angle of that object to sociologically explore. For example, I might choose my morning cup of coffee: in this case I may examine the power relations embedded in a cup of coffee by analyzing labor, global trade, colonialism, class, gender etc. Final papers should be 5-8 pages in length and reference a minimum of six peer reviewed, academic sources. Papers should be formatted with regular margins, 12-pt. font, and double-spaced. You may use any recognized citation format you wish, so long as you do so correctly and consistently. We will hold two workshops in order to discuss and develop our papers. Papers should be submitted on D2L by 11:59 pm on April 1, 2020.     Steps:   1) Identify an object   2) Choose a facet of the object to research and write on   3) Choose a theoretical perspective to use for your analysis (we went over several in our first session)   4) Make sure you have at least six peer-reviewed, scholarly sources   Suggested Organization:   Introduction (1 page) ·         Hook sentence ·         Statement of problem/question ·         Statement of argument ·         Roadmap ·         So What? Overview of your object (1/2 page) ·         What is the object? ·         How do you interact with it? ·         Why did you choose it? ·         What aspect of your object have you chosen to research? Overview of your theoretical approach (1/2 page) ·         What is the theory you have chosen? ·         Why is this theory useful in your analysis? Why did you choose it? Analysis (4-5 pages) ·         Try to think of 2-3 themes that emerge when you research your chosen angle to organize your analysis ·         For example, if I choose to research the labour relations of my morning coffee I may choose to explore how the labor encapsulated by my coffee is a reflection of neo-colonialism, unfree labour, and commodity fetishism; If I want to explore the discipline that is communicated by my coffee I may want to look at how coffee culture emerged and has gained prominence in relation to transformations in work culture. We will brainstorm these ideas in our workshop. Conclusion (1/2- 1 page) ·         So what? What did this analysis reveal about your object? How did this reveal the importance of sociology in everyday life? What does this object reveal about our social organization?