In his work, “The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution”, Snow divulges between the idea of two cultures - the arts and sciences; he describes the two cultures as a divide in intellect yet believes that having a connection between these realms will better serve society and foster advancement. He emphasizes that a division in culture can be accredited to disparities between the rich and poor as a result of socioeconomic bearings. Though Vesna describes in her article,“Toward a Third Culture: Being in between”, that triangulation can transpire as one navigates between the two realms of the sciences and arts, and the third culture; she heeds against casually embracing scientific fact from an artistic lens and vice versa without the proper discretion or knowledge as it can dilute the main substance of what is being observed. While I do understand Snow’s rationale to bridge the gap between the sciences and the arts, I more so resonate with Vesna’s assertions that a certain expertise in a particular field should be preserved in regards to the potential mingling that can emerge as a result of the third culture of technology, and into the sciences and the arts.
Pertaining to the idea of two cultures, my personal academic path involves pre-health and medicine and yet I also hope to own a creative business someday. This so-called disparity between two different cultures, or fields of interest, between sciences and the arts truly exemplifies the nature of Snow’s idea of cultural separation. While these perspectives do not so much change my way of thinking, but rather have made me more aware of the two cultures and their socio economics influences as well as their origins. At UCLA, the two cultures are seen evidently between students on North and South campus; these differences can be identified in the way students dress, their personal interests, and even their personalities. And the distinction between North and South campus students also plays into an avid role of stereotypes - to most, South campus is the more STEM, nerdy, and ugly side of campus whereas North campus is viewed as the artistic, fun, and pretty sect of UCLA.
Lastly, I mostly reviewed the required readings which I found better influenced my understanding of this week’s content.
3 Images:
“The Art of Your Campaign Is Covered, Let Technology Handle the Science.” The Drum
“Convergent Vs. Divergent Thinking: Know the Real Difference.” Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/bill0353/divergent-thinking/
“‘The Two Cultures’ – `Science’ & `The Arts / Humanities.’” StoryAlity,
5 Sources/Links:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-update-on-cp-snows-two-cultures/
https://www.age-of-the-sage.org/scientist/snow_two_cultures.html
https://www.city-journal.org/html/bridging-c-p-snows-two-cultures-15837.html
https://www.commentary.org/articles/steven-marcus/the-two-cultures-by-c-p-snow/
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1098484.pdf
Works Cited
ReFUEL4. “The Art of Your Campaign Is Covered, Let Technology Handle the Science.” The Drum, Carnyx Group Limited., 15 June 2017, https://www.thedrum.com/industryinsights/2017/06/15/the-art-your-campaign-covered-let-technology-handle-the-science. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022.
Snow, Charles Percy. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution: The Rede Lecture. Cambridge Univ. P., 1961.
Sullivan, Bill. “Convergent Vs. Divergent Thinking: Know the Real Difference.” Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/517139969713794156/. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022.
Velikovsky, JT. “‘The Two Cultures’ – `Science’ & `The Arts / Humanities.’” StoryAlity, WordPress.com, 11 Dec. 2012, https://storyality.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/storyality-14b-creativity-the-missing-link-between-the-two-cultures/. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022.
Vesna, Victoria. “Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between.” Leonardo, vol. 34, no. 2, 2001, pp. 121–125., https://doi.org/10.1162/002409401750184672.
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