Making Sense Constructing Knowledge In The Arts And Sciences

Contents I. Making Sense 1. Introduction 2. Making Sense Through Writing 3. Making Sense Through Research II. Essays Gloria AnzaldÚa, "Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera" John Berger, "The Changing View of Man in the Portrait" Sven Birkerts, "The Owl Has Flown" Wanda M. Corn, "The Birth of a National Icon: Grant Wood''s American Gothic" Scott DeVeaux, "Progress and the Bean" Jared Diamond, "Necessity''s Mother" Annie Dillard, "Seeing" Julie English Early, "The Spectacle of Science and Self: Mary Kingsley" Ralph Ellison, "The Little Man at Chehaw Station" Stuart Ewen, "The Marriage Between Art and Commerce" Northrop Frye, "The Motive for Metaphor" Clifford Geertz, From "Common Sense as a Cultural System" Stephen Jay Gould, "The Smoking Gun of Eugenics" Zita Ingham, "Landscape, Drama, and Dissensus: The Rhetorical Education of Red Lodge, Montana" Michio Kaku, "Second Thoughts: The Genetics of a Brave New World?" Thomas Kuhn, "This Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery" Christopher Lasch, "The Lost Art of Argument" Richard C. Lewontin, "Science as Social Action" Emily Martin, Bjorn Claeson, Wendy Richardson, Monica Schoch-Spana, and Karen-Sue Taussig, "Scientific Literacy, What It Is, Why It''s Important, and Why Scientists Think We Don''t Have It: The Case of Immunology and the Immune System" Scott McCloud, "Setting the Record Straight" Erin McGraw, "Bad Eyes" Barbara Mellix, "From Outside, In" Walter Mosley, "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day" Walker Percy, "The Loss of the Creature" Witold Rybczynski, "Designs for Escape" Rebecca Solnit, "Aerobic Sisyphus and the Suburbanized Psyche" Nancy Sommers, "I Stand Here Writing" Susan Sontag, "In Plato''s Cave" Warren I. Susman, "''Personality'' and the Making of Twentieth-Century Culture" Jane Tompkins, "At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988" Christopher P. Toumey, "Science in an Old Testament Style" Haunani-Kay Trask, "From a Native Daughter" Yi-Fu Tuan, "Earth: Nature and Culture" Sherry Turkle, "The Triumph of Tinkering" Patricia J. Williams, "The Ethnic Scarring of American Whiteness" Susan Willis, "Disney World: Public Use/Private State" Jeanette Winterson, "Imagination and Reality" III. Assignment Sequences 1. The Arts and Sciences (Frye, Kuhn, Winterson, Ellison) 2. Reading Art and Culture (Tompkins, AnzaldÚa, Birkerts, Ewen) 3. Technology and Understanding (Sontag, Lasch, Turkle) 4. Status, Self, and Authority (AnzaldÚa, Trask, Early) 5. Imagination, Possibility, and Control (Winterson, Mosley, Willis, Toumey) 6. "Progress" in Art and Technology (DeVeaux, Ewen, Birkerts) 7. Technology and Change (Sontag, Turkle, Kuhn) 8. What Is Scientific Literacy? (Martin et al., Frye, Lewontin) 9. The Art of "Reality" (Winterson, Corn, Kaku, Gould) 10. Democracy and Debate (Lasch, Ingham, Williams) 11. Seeing and Knowing (Percy, Winterson, Dillard) 12. Writing on Writing (Sommers, Mellix, Williams) 13. Visual Literacy (Sontag, Berger, McGraw, McCloud) 14. Escapes (Tuan, Rybczynski, Solnit) 15. Making Common Sense (Geertz, Diamond, Susman, Percy) IV. Writing in the Disciplines Writing in Accounting, Barbara Scofield, University of Texas at the Permian Basin Writing in Political Science, Steven Gerencser, Indiana University, South Bend Writing in the Sciences, Ann Grens, Deborah Marr, Andrew Schnabel, Indiana University, South Bend Writing in Sociology, Kent McClelland, Grinnell College Writing in Foreign Languages, Heide R. Lomangino, University of South Alabama DISCIPLINARY TABLE OF CONTENTS African-American Studies. Ralph Ellison, "The Little Man at Chehaw Station." Barbara Mellix, "From the Outside, In." Walter Mosley, "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day." Patricia J. Williams, "The Ethnic Scarring of American Whiteness" Anthropology. Clifford Geertz, "Common Sense as a Cultural System." Emily Martin et al., "Scientific Literacy, What It Is, Why It''s Important, and Why Scientists Think We Don''t Have It: The Case of Immunology and the Immune System." Christopher P. Toumey, "Science in an Old Testament Style" Architecture. Witold Rybczynski, "Designs for Escape" Art History. Gloria Anzaldua, "Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera." John Berger, "The Changing Vew of Man in the Portrait." Wanda M. Corn, "The Birth of a National Icon: American Gothic." Jane Tompkins, "At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988." Jeanette Winterson, "Imagination and Reality" Biology. Stephen Jay Gould, "The Smoking Gun of Eugenics." Michio Kaku, "Second Thoughts: the Genetics of a Brave New World?" R.C. Lewontin, "Science as Social Action" Composition and Rhetoric. Zita Ingham, "Landscape, Drama, and Dissensus: The Rhetorical Education of Red Lodge, Montana." Barbara Mellix, "From the Outside, In." Nancy Sommers, "I Stand Here Writing" Computer Science. Sherry Turkle, "The Triumph of Tinkering" Creative Writing--Non-fiction. Annie Dillard, "Seeing." Ralph Ellison, "The Little Man at Chehaw Station." Erin McGraw, "Bad Eyes." Walker Percy, "The Loss of the Creature." Jeanette Winterson, "Imagination and Reality" Education. Zita Ingham, "Landscape, Drama, and Dissensus: The Rhetorical Education of Red Lodge, Montana." Nancy Sommers, "I Stand Here Writing." Jane Tompkins, "At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988." Sherry Turkle, "The Triumph of Tinkering" English Studies. Sven Birkerts, "The Owl Has Flown." Annie Dillard, "Seeing." Barbara Mellix, "From the Outside, In." Nancy Sommers, "I Stand Here Writing" Geography. Zita Ingham, "Landscape, Drama, and Dissensus: The Rhetorical Education of Red Lodge, Montana." Rebecca Solnit, "Aerobic Sisyphus and the Surbanized Psyche." Yi-Fu Tuan, "Earth" History. Christopher Lasch, "The Lost Art of Argument." Warren Susman, "''Personality'' and the Making of Twentieth-Century Culture." Jane Tompkins, "At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988." Haunani-Kay Trask, "From a Native Daughter" History of Science. Jared Diamond, "Necessity''s Mother: The Evolution of Technology." Julie English Early, "The Spectacle of Science and Self: Mary Kingsley." Stephen Jay Gould, "The Smoking Gun of Eugenics." Thomas Kuhn, "The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery" Law. Patricia J. Williams, "The Ethnic Scarring of American Whiteness" Literary Studies. Gloria Anzaldua, "Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera." Sven Birkerts, "The Owl Has Flown." Annie Dillard, "Seeing." Ralph Ellison, "The Little Man at Chehaw Station." Northrop Frye, "The Motive for Metaphor." Barbara Mellix, "From the Outside, In." Walter Mosley, "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day." Walker Percy, "The Loss of the Creature." Jane Tompkins, "At the Buffalo Bill Museum, June 1988." Jeanette Winterson, "Imagination and Reality" Media Studies. Stuart Ewen, "The Marriage Between Art and Commerce." Susan Sontag, "In Plato''s Cave" Medicine. Jared Diamond, "Necessity''s Mother: The Evolution of Technology" Music. Scott DeVeaux, "Progress and the Bean." Ralph Ellison, "The Little Man at Chehaw Station" Popular Culture. Scott McCloud, "Setting the Record Straight." Susan Willis, "Disney World: Public Use/Private State" Post-Colonial Studies. Gloria Anzaldua, "Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera." Haunani-Kay Trask, "From a Native Daughter" Psychology. Sherry Turkle, "The Triumph of Tinkering" THEMATIC TABLE OF CONTENTS Arts. Gloria Anzaldua, "Chicana Artists: ExploringColeman, Bob is the author of 'Making Sense Constructing Knowledge In The Arts And Sciences' with ISBN 9780395986301 and ISBN 0395986303.