Going into this course, I wouldn’t say that I was necessarily cocky about my writing abilities, but I felt pretty confident when I read the reviews of the course, and had heard good things about the class in general. After opening Cane, and reading the first section of this series of short excerpts, it was definitely an eye opening experience regarding where I thought I would stand in the class, to where I actually did compare to the rest of the class. This class was unlike any class I have ever taken at Geneseo, and was not like anything I have ever experienced regarding school or classes in general. The information, resources, and techniques I learned in this class are attributes that I can apply to my life and use as ways to further set myself apart from other individuals who weren’t exposed to a class like this.
The Body in Two Scopes
When I think of the human body, the first subject, thought, theory, however you see it, that comes into my mind is science. Moran, however, uses Kristeva to offer a new perspective and to further show that the human body can take on many different outlooks; ranging from the scientific sense to the cultural sense. Continue reading “The Body in Two Scopes”
The Body is Like a Flower
The human body is like a flower; it is created and born, it grows with the absorption of essential resources, and slowly begins to bloom. The human body is a complex, intricate system that many take for granted or fail to ever understand. Continue reading “The Body is Like a Flower”
30,000 Years Ago Vs. Now
One of the most intriguing and applicable lines that I read in Interdisciplinary, by Joe Moran, but was coined by Leavis is the idea that interdisciplinary has “a limit and is based on the idea that cultural unity has been lost, and that an elite group needs to be formed to ensure that unity is recaptured (pg. 33).” Continue reading “30,000 Years Ago Vs. Now”
Strive to Archive
Everywhere that we look, there is evidence of archives at play. Whether it be on campus, where we saw the documentation and representation of the past as well as iconic moments in history, we also see the use of archives in much of the literature that we read. Archives are important because they tell us about a history of a culture, or an individual, and provide insight into stories and events that happened, or things that took place over a span of time. Continue reading “Strive to Archive”
Take It In
Sure English can be found blatantly in most subjects, but I always thought that Science would be one of the harder subjects to find a similarity to and with in correlation to English; that is, until I read Science, Space and Nature in Interdiciplinary. Everyday that we breathe, move and interact, we act upon space and space acts upon us. Space can be used to change perceptions, for example a modern city in a poor town is used to bring about the perception that the city is advancing and looking at the future, when in fact it merely is hiding what they don’t want others to see. In this case, it is viewed as merely a tangible idea and concept, or it can be physically depicted through things such as mapping. However when one attempts to measure and assign numbers and categories to space, they are merely losing a piece of the idea as a whole; a piece that encapsulates the ahhhhh effect. For example, when we look at a map, it appears at first glance as though all of our world is put onto a solid piece of paper; where somehow we managed to fit the idea of space into a genie’s bottle. This however, is not the case, for it is impossible to create reality in a condensed form while fully maintaining all aspects of space. Space is merely what we make of it, how we effect it, and what we do to create it so it acts upon us. We are in control of the way we act upon the space around us, but no one perceives space the same way, no one can control how that space acts on them and no one can put the space into a tangible representation. So take it in, for no one will act upon space exactly like you have.