Week 1- Two Cultures

In our everyday lives, we see the clashing differences between science and art. C.P. Snow points out that there are two different types of thoughts, those who believe in science thinking in which there is one direct answer and you don't have to be creative with your thoughts. On the other hand, you have intellectual thinkers that are creative with their thoughts and think "outside the box" and don't rely on one answer being the only answer that is found using formulas. The two different types of views are what created "two cultures". These two cultures are in our everyday lives due to the division of North and South campus classes. North Campus consist of Art and thinkers that have a imaginative mind, where South campus has the scientific classes and major consisting of formula thinkers. This division of majors on different sides of the campus has created two cultures in our lives.


Although there is a division of cultures with the science and arts, we have also created a "third culture" that is the coming together of the two. We see this on our campus with majors such as political science vs life science, or just people on both sides of campus being friends and spending time outside of class together. This combination is often what gives us great ideas as the two types of thoughts come together to create one common thing.



-Kyle Mora

Resources:

N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.articulaterc.com/wp-content/uploads/JanIntersectionResized.jpg>. 
     Snow, C. P., and Stefan Collini. The Two Cultures. London: Cambridge UP, 1993. Print.

Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo. 34. 2001: 121-125. Print

Kelly, Kevin. "The Third Culture." Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 13 Feb. 1998. Web. 09 Apr. 2017  

Graham-Rowe, Duncan. "John Brockamn: Matchmaking with Science and Art.", 23 May 2016. 09 Apr. 2017 

Bohm, D. "On Creativity." JSTOR. Web. 09 Apr. 2017 





Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 11, 2017 at 11:59 AM

    I do agree with you that UCLA's two separate North, South campus reflect the division of art and science; I believe that this distinction is one of the most unique and interesting features of UCLA, making its own "two cultures". Your reference to the combining of two campuses also well reflect the purpose of week 1's lecture.

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  2. UnknownApril 12, 2017 at 11:02 PM

    The division between north and south campus majors is a great example of CP Snow's discussion on the two cultures of humanities and science. The two different major categories usually argue on who is "smarter" or which major is "harder". Instead of challenging aspects of both of the types of majors, merging the two would prove more beneficial because they would combine their best attributes to make a "third culture".

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