Sunday, April 3, 2016

Week 1
Two cultures

As Snow stated, my studies in psychology are heavily dependent on chemistry, neuroscience, and even physics. Even though my studies and focus remains to be in the scientific category, my interests have also peaked into literature. As a psychology major, these two cultures have managed to fit perfectly with each other even though they are completely different disciplines. Snow discusses this when he states that different studies are fixed to their areas. As difficult it was to see at first, i began to witness this idea as i walked to class and discuss it with fellow students. 

science meets art
http://balsawood1234.blogspot.com/2012/08/art-and-technology.html

This concept can be seen throughout UCLA. As i mentioned before, i began to notice the close connection between the two cultures -science and humanities- as i continued my studies into my senior year. And although Brockman argued that there is a strong separation when it came to the two studies, many believe that the two can coexist wonderfully together. 

a scientific mind and artistic mind coexisting 
http://www.funticles.com/the-art-of-body-painting/

Furthermore, UCLA's campus is the perfect example of the separation of the two cultures. This can be seen geographically. North campus offers the linguistic/humanities studies, and South campus offers the sciences and computer classes. This separation makes it difficult for students to interact with other students in different studies. 
 UCLA's campus at night
http://www.ucla.edu/visit

sources

Brockman, John. The Third Culture. N.p.: n.p. 1995. Print.

HADAS. Combining Science and the Art of Body Painting. Digital image. Funticles. N.p., n.d. Web.            <http://www.funticles.com/the-art-of-body-painting/>.

Robotic Art. Digital image. Wood. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://balsawood1234.blogspot.com/2012/08/art-         and-technology.html>.

Snow, C. P. “Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution.” Reading. 1959. New York: Cambridge UP,          1961. Print.

UCLA. Ucla Campus. Digital image. Visit Ucla. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.ucla.edu/visit>.






1 comment:

  1. Being a psychology major, I completely agree with you when you mention that our major includes both science and art (or literature). Our major is one of the only majors which identifies with both north and south campus; we are constantly integrating science and humanities/art. I also really enjoyed your second image, which shows the mathematical/science mind along with the artist mind. Great job!

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