Week 1 Blog Assignment | Two Cultures
About Me --- Hi everyone! My name is Justin and I am a senior here at UCLA: English Major with a double minor in both Digital Humanities and Global Studies. Coming into this course I would say that I have utilized a portion of my college career exploring the intersection of Art and Technology through my minor in Digital Humanities, which takes humanities-based disciplines and makes them practical in relation to computers and digital technology. On a personal level, I love to piece together how topics connect; especially things seemingly disparate as the subjects of art and science. As I will be graduating this quarter and moving on to work in the Tech Industry of Silicon Valley next year, I will be curious to see how my passion for the arts will translate for me in a tech-heavy environment. About the Material --- Week 1's introduction to the concept of "Two Cultures" was interesting to me not in it's novelty as a concept (I've heard of the recent Art x Tech bridges being built throughout my tenure as a Digital Humanities minor), but in the new resources that were presented that really helped me understand where the divergence came from between "art" and "science" in the first place. To me, the apparent and widened gap between the arts and the sciences is strongly evident in our culture today, but I enjoyed how this week took us back to understanding where and why this divergence has occurred, rather than simply acknowledging that the gap exists.  Learning about CP Snow and his perspective on the Scientific Revolution was interesting to me. His thoughts on the emergence of a binary culture made sense in light of the fact that before the Scientific Revolution students only attended college for the arts/literature/etc., so science developed as something completely separate from that. From Professor Vesna's article I understood how CP's theories have influenced us today. Vesna's article "Third Culture" was not a wholly original concept, but rather built off of CP Snow's ideas. Back then subjects were segregated in two binaries, but through this class, a result of modern and progressive thinking, I am excited to see how they are coming together.
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Correa, Justin. Justin Correa LinkedIn Photo. Digital image. LinkedIn. LinkedIn, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2015. Kandel, I. L. "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution by C. P. Snow. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1959. 58 Pp. $1.75." The Educational Forum 24.4 (1960): 486-88. Web. Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo 34.2 (2001): 121-25. Web. Candid shot of deceased British scientist, C. P. Snow. Digital image.Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 14 Jan. 2015. Web. 4 Apr. 2015. "C. P. Snow." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2015. Web. 04 Apr. 2015. RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms. Prod. Abi Stephenson. Perf. Sir Ken Robinson. RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms. Youtube, 19 Oct. 2010. Web. 3 Apr. 2015. TwoCultures Part1. Perf. Victoria Vesna. TwoCultures Part1. Youtube, 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 3 Apr. 2015. |
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Week 1 Blog Assignment | Two Cultures
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Hi Justin, its so cool to see how this class seems to be taylor made for you Digital Humanities major. I'm sure you've gotten to experience a great deal of the intersection between art and technology throughout your years here at UCLA. I can't wait to see how much of that experience bleeds into this class. I find it interesting that there is an entire minor dedicated to the bridge of art and technology when, as you stated in your post, the original gap began between art and science. Do you think that there might even be a third gap that's beginning to grow between technology and science? It seems that people seem to be using technology more and more as a means of artistic expression without recognizing that they are using devices that took scientists YEARS to invent. Thanks for your thoughts. :)
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