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Week 4: Art +Medicine + Technology  Before this week I had pretty good understanding how Medicine and Technology intertwined. Many of the new advances in technology has helped and influence further methods Medicine. With that being said I never would have seen or made a connection with Art and Medicine because I cannot understand how Art can influence or help medicine in any way. However, now I see that it is the other way around, Medicine has been influencing art. For example. Professor Vesna in  "Human body and medical technologies" that anatomy and dissection has been a fascination for artist. In other words, artist have been able to see the human body as art. This can also be seen in Silvia Casini's article "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as mirror and portrait: MRI Configuration between science and the Arts".  Casini argues that an "MRI as a 'look' in the same way that the portrait has"(Casini 73). To clarify, an MRI has the abilit

Robotics + Art        Before this week I understood how technology could possibly contribute to art. For example, tattoos artist will use drawing pads in order to expand, sketch and add more details to their tattoos. In addition, architectures will use computers in order to provide their customers a 3-D model of their building. However, after this week lectures and readings I was shocked to learn that art actually influenced new forms of technology. For example, the idea of a robot actually came out of theater as a mechanism of labor(Industrialization, Robotics, Kinetic/Robotic Art Lecture). To simplify, during the industrialization period mass production led laborers to be seen as machines because they did one task over and over again. Hence, they were ultimately machines(robots). For example, in Ford's assembly line, each worker would only have one task; which would speed up  his production of cars.  Hence, creating a mass production(Industrialization, Robotics, Kinetic/Robotic

Week 2: Math, Nature, and Art       As a child I always wanted to be a Math teacher. Coincidently, I was a horrible art student that would rather be doing word problems than drawing . My calculus teacher would always tell me “Math is everywhere! You literally are doing math and don’t even know it”(Martha Mata 2012).  However, as young child I remember the countless hours I would spent drawing and coloring. It is only with Richard Buckminster’ concept of de-genuises that I understood what happened to that young child that loved drawing. According to Buckminster “ every single one of us has a genius inside of us”(Lecture 2- Art). Therefore, anyone can be a mathematician or an artist. However, it is when we enter the educational system that we become de-genius.  Based on Buckminster’ concept of de-genius I conclude that I could have been a talented artist or a great mathematician. However, perhaps was limited by the educational system.           Although, some would say that you

Week 1: Two Cultures       As Mexican American having two cultures was somewhat difficult. I felt as if I was disappointing both. On one hand I have my Mexican culture that I am proud of because it instilled me the importance of family and hard-work. However, on the other hand I have my American culture that instilled in me the value of gender equality and independence. Therefore, causing an internal conflict of "Should I get married and have kids and therefore, make my parents proud " or "should I pursue a higher education and earn my own money and not depend on a man". Should I celebrate Dia de los Muertos and honor my parent's culture or should I celebrate Halloween? These were the questions I would ask myself as a child. http://www.history.com/topics/halloween http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/01/dia-de-los-muertos_n_4184636.html         Now as a young adult I no longer struggle with my cultures. I instead celebrate both because it