Transfer response

After transferring I plan on continuing school and will attend a 4 year college. I haven't applied yet but I plan on going to a cuny. I don't want to go too far away from my family and cuny is more affordable. Given that I am working on a math and science major, I'm considering being a teacher or continuing my nursing degree. A bachelors in science or in education. I also want to learn what exams I would need to take if I get a degree in education. Since I have a year until I apply (Spring 18)  I've been really trying to find a career that can change the future. Aspects such as the generations after us, the environment etc. As technology advances, I want find an outlet to let people improve or reverse the pollution.

My main concern is what jobs I qualify for when get this degree (my associates) in liberal arts math and science. I also want to know the affects of getting a degree in cuny and if 4 years/ jobs  will look down at an community college degree.

Shiver down my spine response

        

   In book Shivers Down Your Spine the author mentions the effect hand-on exhibits has on the evolution of museums. As an anonymous contributor once said “The bare symbols of scientific language requires their definition to be strengthened by actual seeing and touching before any permanent trace can be left in the mind”. I agree with this quote, I too get a better understanding of things when I see it visually opposed to reading about it. I also get a better understanding of the readings we do in class rather than at home because in class it's more interactive. Along with remembering things better when I write things rather than reading it when studying.

Some may say people learn more effectively when they touch or interact with an object, others can disagree. What is not debatable is that everyone has a preference. In psychology class we learn that different interactions trigger different hormones, which varies from person to person.  Some people learn better visually, orally (lecture), hands on, one-on-one etc. Education of which, can be done in different ways and is more or less advocated. But when the debate of whether hands on artifacts and mechanics are against the entire purpose of museums i am not sure where i stand.

     Given that technology is getting more advanced everyday, it's only right to incorporate it in education, in our case, museums. The big question is, when is using technology effective? As we already acknowledge that everyone has a preference so not everyone will be technology savvy. Museums original purpose was to preserve ancient/foreign artifacts. With technology taking over, younger people are more lenient to watching a video or playing a video games rather than watching or reading about a historical object. The author explains On page 193 saying“ with X-Box, Playstation 2 and 3, GameCube, the Wii, iVideo and iPhones now standard “must-haves” for the preteen and teen- and-up constituencies, museums are under pressure  to deliver on “cool” and are afraid the modern museum with be considered boring in a few years. The Choice of rather to update or incorporate more technology in museum is a rather complicated decision.

    Unlike usual I didn't read this article before our previous class and I mentioned in our classroom discussion “imagine if P.T. Barnum had an instagram” but in reality that all museum needed at the time to evolve to what we know as museums today. One thing that you post on social media can “make-or-break” you. Similar to the overuse of technology in educational vicinities. Which can many aspects to consider but most importantly who's your target audience.This article helped me self reflect and ruminate on what career I want to do and consider the target audience and how I want to display my brand.

Barnum and the museum revolution response

In chapter Barnum and the museum revolution of Weird & Wonderful,  Andrea Stulman Dennett continues in the timeline in which museums turned from its original purpose to what it is today; or as the article said "the difference between true history and natural history". The interesting part of the chapter is seeing how the transformation from spiritual and science were interchangeable with the influence of entertainment. Paragraph 25 line 34, explains how people would attend Harry Bennett's show adverting "magician, a mind reader and an anaconda that swallowed a live fowl twice a week in front of a crowd of gaping patrons".

P.T. Barnum was able to allure an audience using anything entertaining with the most important factor of any industry today; business. Barnum used publicity (newspapers), aesthetics, made several investments and added an interesting story behind beautiful items to allure the audience. He also rephrased a lot of the advertisements used to promote his exhibits so it can make the audience feel..   Barnum was a catalyst for modern museums because he incorporated marketing and business to the art. He influenced museums to be a more profitable business more so for entertainment than education, which led to the trillion dollar industry we have today.

Typecast chapter 2 response

This chapter used the origin of relics to illustrate the evolution of typecasting. According to Merriam-Webster, Typecast is when someone “always gives (an actor or actress) the same kind of role; to cause people to think that (an actor or actress) should always play the same kind of role”. Later on, this actor or actress will be assumed to be particular character; stereotyped. In this chapter, typecast refers to the images or people that have evolved from a spiritual relics to items in museums (usually anyone who is not European). From religious relics went to informing events (plays), to human and animal cadaver cabinets to affluent museums, like the “true cross” at the Vatican museum. pg 72. These stereotypes affect our everyday lives from television, ads and our overall perception of things. Stuart and Elizabeth Ewen illustrates the timeline in our modern day stereotypes.