I am currently a freshman at UCLA but I am also a commuter that resides in South Central Los Angeles. Hence, I tend to park usually at a structure that is closest to my classes such as fall quarter was mainly at North Campus and this spring quarter is at South Campus. The concept of the division between North and South campus correlates to CP Snow's theory of two cultures being a huge cultural division amongst humans; this division is the scientists and then the literacy intellectuals. This is showcased through UCLA's campus as Northern campus is known for the arts and social sciences majors while South Campus is known for its STEM majors. I am a Political Science major so I my classes are mostly located at North Campus.
A video of UCLA students describing similarities and differences between both sides of UCLA's campus
Victoria Vesna emphasizes that the arts take an important role in order to develop this bridge which is the third culture. This bridge is not an easy development because it involves a collaboration amongst the two cultures despite the differences that. As a Political Science major I do try to incorporate myself into taking classes like in the Life Sciences in order to be more open minded to those of other majors. I really enjoyed taking classes like these and some that involved coding because it showed that there is a certain format to follow that will provide the "right answer."; on the other hand, within my major, it is open to discussion and essay expressing your ideas on policies.
I think the integration of one's creativeness should be applied more because as according to RSA's animation of "Changing Education Paradigms" it shows how as technology advances younger kids are being influenced; at a young age, children are open to their creativeness which is then shut down from schools. This pandemic played an important role to this concept because more people were involved in social media platforms as school was now online. Students were not collaborating as much with classmates or had an interactive classroom setting which is essential to one's learning.
Koenig, Angela. “Survey: 'Tweens' Increased Media Use during the 2020 Pandemic Summer.” UC News, 30 Nov. 2021, https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/10/new-study-shows-how-use-of-media-changed-for-school-age-children-during-pandemic-lockdowns.html.
Citations: 1. Koenig, Angela. “Survey: 'Tweens' Increased Media Use during the 2020 Pandemic Summer.”UC News, 30 Nov. 2021, https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/10/new-study-shows-how-use-of-media-changed-for-school-age-children-during-pandemic-lockdowns.html.
2. Ucladailybruin, director.Divided- North and South Campus.YouTube, YouTube, 8 Feb. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61Agl4k8XA. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022.
Hey Ashlyn! As someone who has also branched out to both sides of campus deliberately, it is definitely interesting to me that you can go through an entire college career without even seeing the other end of campus. This especially rings true in certain majors in my experience, where their craft is particularly honed in. For example, many of my friends in the theater and music majors have never had to take an in-person class on South Campus, especially since many classes are now remote with COVID regulations. The separate ends of the campus seem so foreign to each other.
Hi Ashlyn! I am also a commuter and due to covid my entire first year I never saw any parts of the campus honestly. I took it upon myself to sort of explore this year so that I could become more familiar with my school. I do believe that it is common for many people to feel like they only know parts of the campus depending on their major because of the way it is divided.
Week 2: Math + Art I have taken art classes since a very young age but I did not grasp to the creativity side of art but more towards the math aspect. In order to draw, art teachers would express how it's all about lines and shapes which did help me out to create the drawings. However, through the readings and lectures I was intrigued how not only math but science also has a correlation to art. Flatland by Edwin A. Abott was very descriptive and allowed me to envision how geometry is connected to art as he describes how all these shapes are always present. It is also written from a perspective of a shape which made me intrigued even more because I was now seeing the world as geometric shapes. Through the use of geometry, he is able to discuss two different societies which is easier for a reader to imagine in their heads while reading it. Emily Lynch Victory connects her passion with math to her artwork...
Week 6: BioTech + Art Joe Davis is an important person towards the field of BioTech and Art as he emphasizes how science should gain its value to people as it is all around us. He incorporates art in an artistic form through his work with genes and bacteria. Professor Vesna discussed the Audio Microscope which was one of Davis's inventions that allowed us to listen to living cells. This shows his creativity as an artists because his form of art is different than most artists as he is inspired by the connections of science, technology, and art. A small introduction of who Joe Davis is, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GkZt00Qics Biotechnology is still a controversial topic as Professor Vesna stated because it invasive to living organisms and it can impose a threat to its environment. However, it does help society have a conversation about the connections between these living an...
This week I attended Patricia Cadavid's presentation on the work that she does as an immigrant, artist, and researcher. I gravitated towards her presentation because as I was raised by immigrant parents, I would notice their perspective differed from the way I lived. Hence, through Cadavid's perspective, she was able to express the effects of colonialism through her artwork. Her work is focused on the ancestral past of the Andes of South America through a "decolonial perspective." Two of the pieces she presented were the Khipu and the Yupana Balzarotti. Through the two pieces, she was able to restore the memories and the works of the Incas and previous Andean societies that were present in South America. A Khipu that the Incas and Andean societies used, https://ancientamerindia.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/khipus-the-central-andes-writing-system/ The Khipu was an important tool to the Incas and Andean soc...
Hey Ashlyn! As someone who has also branched out to both sides of campus deliberately, it is definitely interesting to me that you can go through an entire college career without even seeing the other end of campus. This especially rings true in certain majors in my experience, where their craft is particularly honed in. For example, many of my friends in the theater and music majors have never had to take an in-person class on South Campus, especially since many classes are now remote with COVID regulations. The separate ends of the campus seem so foreign to each other.
ReplyDeleteHi Ashlyn! I am also a commuter and due to covid my entire first year I never saw any parts of the campus honestly. I took it upon myself to sort of explore this year so that I could become more familiar with my school. I do believe that it is common for many people to feel like they only know parts of the campus depending on their major because of the way it is divided.
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