Link to my midterm project

file:///C:/Users/katie/Downloads/KATIE_MANN_DESMA9_MIDTERM%20(1).pdf

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 7 Blog

Image
Week 7 Blog At the same time as I am reviewing this weeks material about the mind and consciousness in this class, in anatomy I have been studying the inner workings of the brain and memorizing structures. What has really struck me about this is that the very structures I am ingraining in my mind and understanding are the ones I am using in order to study them. It is crazy how the brain and conscious mind give us perspective on the world and existence, but are also anatomical structures allowing survival. My diagram I used to memorize the major areas of brain Through the lectures and readings, I was stimulated by so many topics I could ramble on for hours. I particularly liked Giovanni Frazzetto and Suzanne Anker’s concept of “Neuroculture” as a framework by which, “neuroscience knowledge partakes in our daily lives, social practices and intellectual discourses” (Frazetto, Anker 815). I think this is a great concept and way to approach our own existence and participation in soci
Read more

Week 6 Blog

Image
Week 6 Blog This weeks material required an extensive thought process to see the connection between biotechnology and art, but after watching the lectures and reviewing the wealth of projects and examples, I think I could come to the agreement that biotechnology can qualify as a form of art expression, it is just so new and so different from traditional art forms that it becomes a new kind of category. This ushers in a time of change and makes many uncomfortable to see the stretching of biology by human manipulation into a public statement. Context for this paradigm shift was recognized by Chris Kelty, in his statement that these kinds of novel artists have left the “era of very small communities of biologists that regulated themselves” to having to navigating federal laws restricting experimentation. Ethical questions are very much in focus when it comes to these art forms. www.newscientist.com/article/dn16-mutant-bunny/. This is what intrigued me the most from the weeks mat
Read more