Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Herzog, Richard
Keywords
STEM, Fine Arts, Dichotomy, Synergy
Area of Concentration
General Studies
Abstract
This paper essentially attempts to take my thesis presentation and place it square in the middle of the ongoing STEM-STEAM debate as a practical example of how the arts and the sciences are far more synergistic than many people believe them to be. There is no need to generate a toxic dichotomy between these two once intrinsically linked disciplines; I argue that intersections between science, technology and the arts produce results greater than the sum of their influences. Through discussion of the rhizomatic interplay between statistics, sculpture, engineering, music, computer science, poetry, technology and performance art in both my work and the work of artist-scientists past and present, I will highlight the numerous ways in which STEM fields and the arts can and should symbiotically thrive off one another other.
Recommended Citation
Cloos, Grayton, "GETTING [STEAM]Y: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION OF THE TEMPO OF NEW COLLEGE STEM meets ART meets LIFE" (2015). Theses & ETDs. 5001.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5001