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Space +Art      By far this week' discussion was my favorite one. As a child I was always fascinated by space and always wondered where everything came from. How the universe could influence humanity, and how everything came to be. I was surprise to find out by how NASA came to be established.  According to professor Vesna, NASA was established to compete with the Soviet Union and their Sputnik Movement(Space and Art Lecture Part 2). Soviet Union Sputnik NASA Flopnik' failure.     Although, I find that the background history of how NASA to be interesting, something that caught my attention even more was the  statement of Annick Buread,  an art educator, curator and publisher. Who was involved in "The Leonardo Space Art Project Working group". According to Bureaud "It is artists and their work that reveal to me the essence of peace for human beings...space art works and images have continued to have a powerful effect upon me; they ...

Week 7: Neuroscience and Art  As an Anthropology Major neuroscience is something that we do not study in my field. However, we do somewhat study art and the different forms of it in each culture. In addition, we also learn to understand why a person thinks the way they dory studying their culture, their economic status and their environment. Like anthropologist who studies an an individuals background; neuroscience can help us understand why a person interprets something different from others. By studying their brain scans neuroscientists can somewhat get an understanding of what is going on. In addition, Neuroscience can also can also be interpreted as a form of art. For example, Giovanni Frazzetto and Suszanne Anker writer of "Nueroculture" states that "artist Jonathan Keats put his Brain, as well as its original thoughts, up for sale...he registered his brain as a sculpture created by himself through the act of thinking...produced an exhibition and catalogue at the...

Week 6: Biotechnology and Art To begin, biotechnology refers to " is technology based on biology- biotechnology harnesses cellular bimolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and health of of our planet"(bio.org). Therefore, it is for the good of the human race.  I somewhat disagree with this statement because when I think of biotechnology I think of chemically treated foods. Such as chickens, apples, and vegetables. That are huge but grown in an unhealthy way. Although, I disagree with the so called benefits of biotechnology in our food. I do not disregard that biotechnology and Art can interact. For example, Professor. Vesna mentioned that George Gessert started to breed plants. Hence, he showed us how biotechnology and art can intertwine. Like professor Vesna I can appreciate the art in this type of biotechnology because it does not directly affect what I put in my body.  Yet another form of bio technology where I can se...

Event 2: "Chemical entanglements- Gender and Exposure"     The moment I stepped into the event something very different caught my eye. The set up consisted of  three seating areas. When you walked in you had the right and the middle seating area that mostly consisted of young people and then you had the left seating area that consisted of older people. The left seating section caught my eye because it had a yellow sign reading "fragrance free". From all the events that I have attended I have never seen a "fragrance free" section.  As an individual that is very sensitive to certain smells and can easily get an upset stomach I appreciate that section and the consideration that was taken to accommodate individuals. I did not know what to expect from this event. However, what shocked by the findings by Miss. Williams regarding the chemicals in her breast Milk. Miss. Williams, a mother of two and the writer of " N...