The "Hand" Exercise
If you think creatively within an academic discipline, you can discover important and interesting things in the most familiar objects. For instance, consider your hand, that object at the end of your wrist. How would scholars in the following disciplines analyze your hand? Note that, because major disciplines house many sub-fields of specialization, there may be many good answers for each major.
Art
Biology
Chemistry
Dance
Economics
Management
Mathematics
Physics
Psychology
Sociology and Anthropology