Analyzing My Text's Cultural Setting

My chosen text Why open architecture competitions are good for Architects, a counter argument was written by Karen Cilento as an article on an online website ArchDaily. Karen Cilento is from the greater New York City area and is an architectural designer for Marvel Architects. She is a graduate from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Jankowski, Jessica. "Screenshot". 3 Oct. 2015. 

1. In the text, healthy competition is a value or belief held strongly by the author. Cilento believes that in a competitive setting, architects can express creativity in a way that cannot be found within a regular work setting in an architecture firm.

2. This text itself is a direct response to Cilento's beliefs on competition and creativity within the work force. She includes specific examples of successful competition proposals while directly stating her position for the topic.

3. Cilento is arguing for a certain belief in her text. She argues that through competition architects can be more creative, and the greater creativity is beneficial to architecture as a whole. Her belief directly relates to the argument and it seeks to convince the architectural industry that hard work will be beneficial.