{"id":2594,"date":"2022-10-08T03:13:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T03:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2022-10-10T00:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T00:59:05","slug":"assignment-1-final-skin-bark-cinnamomum-zeylanicum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/2022\/10\/08\/assignment-1-final-skin-bark-cinnamomum-zeylanicum\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 1 Final – Skin\/Bark – “Cinnamomum Zeylanicum”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I initially began my research brainstorming different aspects of my topic, and what my guide could focus on. Bark is a very broad topic and I felt my guide could go in many different directions. Ultimately, I chose cinnamon to be the main subject of my guide, because it was a type of bark that is very commonly used, but people do not have much knowledge about. I then looked into how cinnamon is produced, and found this interesting article<\/a> about the conditions of cinnamon workers. I then did research into the history of cinnamon, and it’s sad history with colonialism and the cinnamon trade. I also looked into how cinnamon was used, and saw that it has been used for medicine since ancient times. This gave me the idea to use a prescription bottle and information packet as a guide, because I wanted to emphasize the idea that cinnamon, which is commonly used for flavoring food, has medicinal properties. I also wanted to challenge the audience to think about the differences between herbal and pharmaceutical medicine, and whether herbal, holistic medicine could be considered a valid type of treatment. I found a very thorough research paper, called “Cinnamon: Botany, Agronomy, Chemistry and Industrial Applications,” written by Ranjith Senaratne and Ranjith Pathirana, which goes into extreme detail about the origins and production of true cinnamon. Using that information, I created the information packet of the cinnamon prescription bottle, which describes the origins and production of cinnamon, while also looking critically at the stereotypes of herbal medicine.<\/p>\n

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