Unit 1 Assignment

Madilyn Nickles
Desma9
Week 1 Blog Assignment
In the article, “Toward a Third Culture: Being in between” by Victoria Vesna, the author discusses how the backgrounds of literary/philosophical studies and scientific concepts should be joined in a way to develop a stronger way of thinking for research about things humanity does not know.  The article gives a more opinionated and researched perspective about the topic of “two cultures”.  However, in the article, “The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution” by C. P. Snow comes from a more personal perspective of the concept of “two cultures” in that the author discusses his personal life of being involved in the scientific research at Cambridge University, but being equally involved with friends who focused on literary.  The author discusses, much similarly to the first article, of how the gap between both the literary culture and scientific culture must be shortened or be rid of in order for our future intelligence to thrive.

Specifically on the campus of UCLA, I notice that there is a great separation in the two cultures of learning.  The most obvious is the way the campus is separated, meaning it is divided as a north campus and south campus.  North campus includes research and studies of history, language, and other philosophical subjects, but the south campus is known for its departments obtaining scientific research and study.  Before, I never really put much thought into the separation of learning cultures in society, but I do agree that it can be a possible problem to the process of advancement for society.  Having a new perspective of combining “two cultures” is going to allow me to keep an open mind for ideas and concepts that are different than my own.  There is much I can learn from, from both the scientific world and literary world that can allow me to obtain much more knowledge about the universe than through only accepting one mindset of learning.  I could even possibly become a double major by the end of my college career, from both campuses at UCLA.


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Works Cited
"RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms." YouTube. YouTube, 14 Oct. 2010. Web. 10 Apr. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U>. 
Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Cambridge UP, 1961. Print. 
"TwoCultures Part1." YouTube. YouTube, 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNI7dF3DIAM>. 
"TwoCultures Pt2." YouTube. YouTube, 31 Mar. 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUr4xxZ_0gw>. 
Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between." Leonardo 34.2 (2001): 121-25. UC Online Program. Web. 9 Apr. 2017.

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