Week 1 - "Two Cultures"

           Throughout the week we learned about the idea of “Two Cultures.” C.P. Snow states that there are “Two polar groups.” There are the scientific intellectuals and the artistic people. This created a large divide between art and science. Snow also believes that the two cultures are the rich and the poor, and that a new, third culture, will emerge that will close the gap between the original two cultures.

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            I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, a place with so many diverse people who introduced me to many different cultures. Immediately upon arriving Los Angeles and attending school at UCLA, I noticed a major difference between the cultures of LA and Honolulu: materiality. In Hawaii, my friends did not care about showiness and they are not obsessed with glamour. Almost every person I met at UCLA, especially after joining a sorority, needed designer everything. I love both cultures. It is nice to go home to Hawaii and not worry about how I look and what brands I am wearing, but I also love getting dressed up in fancy clothing for a trendy night out in Los Angeles. It is nice to have a little of both worlds in my life.

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            Our world is full of “Two Cultures.” Everything and anything have at least two major differences in ideologies that create two cultures. New perspectives are always good because it allows you to put yourself in another person’s shoes. Through doing this you will find yourself in situations you never thought you would be in and sometimes you may hate it, but other times you might find something new that you really love.

Citations

Krauss, Lawrence M. "An Update on C. P. Snow's "Two Cultures." Scientific American. Scientific American, A Division of    
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Snow, C. P. “Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution.” Reading. 1959. New York: Cambridge UP, 1961. 

     Print.

Vesna, Victoria. “Toward a Third Culture: Being in Between.” Leonardo 34.2 (2001): 121-25. Web.

Williams, Christopher M. "A Dangerous Divide." The New York Academy of Sciences. Science Communication Consortium, 24 July 2009. Web. 02 Apr. 2016. <http://www.nyas.org/Publications/Ebriefings/Detail.aspx?cid=74e271bd-4ba6-47cd-8f0a-add2ef8234cd>.

Wilson, Stephen. "Myths and Confusions in Thinking about Art/Science/Technology." Reading. 
     2000. Stephen Wilson, 2000. Print.