Week 1
After reading the articles, Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between by Victoria Vesna and The Two Cultures and Scientific Revolution by C.P. Snow I have learned about artistic and scientific cultures and how historically they have been stereotyped a certain way where the arts are creative, and respected off of perspectives and interpretations while science is fact based and orderly. The authored showed that in reality these two cultures are more similar than meets the eye and that these two cultures are blending together to create a third culture, which is a honoring the two. Their perspectives take a look at how the gap between humanities and sciences is slowly closing with the emergence of “middlemen” who are individuals that can establish communication between literary intellectuals and scientists. They are very different ideas but with the growth of the middlemen art and science and closer than ever.
After reading the articles, Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between by Victoria Vesna and The Two Cultures and Scientific Revolution by C.P. Snow I have learned about artistic and scientific cultures and how historically they have been stereotyped a certain way where the arts are creative, and respected off of perspectives and interpretations while science is fact based and orderly. The authored showed that in reality these two cultures are more similar than meets the eye and that these two cultures are blending together to create a third culture, which is a honoring the two. Their perspectives take a look at how the gap between humanities and sciences is slowly closing with the emergence of “middlemen” who are individuals that can establish communication between literary intellectuals and scientists. They are very different ideas but with the growth of the middlemen art and science and closer than ever.
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Most people would agree that North Campus majors are easier and have less of a course load while South Campus majors are more demanding on students, "[l]ighter workload for North Campus students provides flexibility to explore, critically think about real-world issue"(Salim Zymet). The balance mentioned above is an unrealistic goal for everyone but it can occur when we see the "middlemen", who can excel at both.
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The two cultures are starting to bridge together because of the increase in younger age children having an increased interest within the sciences, even the sciences in humanities like, human evolution, so there are more scientists emerging. These perspectives are very interesting and eye opening into the two cultures along with the third culture and as to why they are emerging or slowly vanishing. Steven Pinker, in this short clip explains in detail the two cultures and the growing third culture.
References:
Beautyandtruth09. "SEEDMAGAZINE.COM Two Cultures Steven Pinker." YouTube.
YouTube, 2010. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.
Boden, Daniel. "“˜A Chorus Line,’ Running at the Freud Playhouse, Mirrors Lives of UCLA Theater Students." Daily Bruin. 23 May 2012. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.
"Tony Chan | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES." Tony Chan | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.
"University of California, Los Angeles." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2015.
Zymet, Salim. "Lighter Workload for North Campus Students Provides Flexibility to Explore, Critically Think about Real-world Issues." Daily Bruin. N.p., 3 Mar. 2011. Web. 01 Apr. 2015.
I agree with you that the two cultures are starting to bridge together, and I think a major propellant is today's society's emphasis on more balanced sets of skills and prospective. Being a south-campus student with a lot of exposure to north-campus pals due to academic and career course, I see first-hand how they are different. However, it is also very clear in my department that there is a effort made by school to foster collaboration between the two sides. For students, a larger portion of them are becoming more open to the "north-campus" ideals. -Haoan
ReplyDeleteHi Ryann!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you mentioned in your post that the two cultures are more similar than we think and when they blend together this creates a third culture. I'm a north campus student and I remember on my visit to UCLA the first topic the tour guide discussed is the divide between the two majors and how different each one is from the other. I think this talk of the two sides of campus does create a divide between students and teachers need to discuss more about other majors and ways they can incorporate more information. I also really like the picture of the play you incorporated into your blog because I really want to see a show at UCLA this quarter! Overall, great Blog!
-Karly :)