My name is Val and this week we'll be focusing on critical thinking; as interdisciplinarians we're given an advantage over others who have only one weapon of choice, but that doesn't mean we got it easier.
Before we get started check out this Errol Morris' writing and this article about Youtube and the arts.
Having multiple disciplines and fusing them together leaves us not only with different solutions to problems, but helps us see problems that normally we wouldn't notice. And these problems aren't ones that are talked about in intro classes so it takes more than just us thinking outside the box.
How do you think interdisciplinary relates to critical thinking? After you figure that one out talk about your thoughts on the Errol Morris piece you had to look over and tell us how it can apply to real life situations?
Having multiple disciplines and fusing them together leaves us not only with different solutions to problems, but helps us see problems that normally we wouldn't notice. And these problems aren't ones that are talked about in intro classes so it takes more than just us thinking outside the box.
How do you think interdisciplinary relates to critical thinking? After you figure that one out talk about your thoughts on the Errol Morris piece you had to look over and tell us how it can apply to real life situations?
Also with YouTube being a huge part of our culture today and at the same time we have a strong performing art backbone, with iconic places like Broadway, what do you feel YouTube is doing? Is YouTube a beginner's stage? Or is it dumbing us down and taking away from appreciating "real" art?
