It might be too late to get credit for my visit to the Bible exhibit, but I did go earlier, I just forgot to post on it, until I reviewed the posts I have made and it wasn't in there. I even tried to go to the print museum, but that failed when I arrived 1 hour after it closed. Who closes at 2 p.m.? So then I visited the HBLL exhibit instead.
Anyway....
"Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." -- Zhuangzi
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Thoughts on my Library Exhibit Exploration
Labels:
Bible,
English language,
exhibit,
Harold B. Lee Library,
King James Bible,
Knowledge Institutions,
Morgan Mix,
Printed Knowledge,
Reinventing Knowledge
Notes on the semester
Ok So I thought I would get this going so we can have some ideas start flowing. I have this same table as a google doc so you can add or subtract from it.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Retrospective on Spelling Paper
Having completed my final paper on spelling, I wanted to reflect a bit on my experience writing and polishing it.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Learning is the Purpose... Or is it to Produce a Paper?
A master of comic rhyme in our time, I had to add him in. :-) |
(I am building my argument... please keep reading...)
Labels:
Dr. Seuss,
English language,
final paper,
Harold B. Lee Library,
Knowledge Institutions,
Language,
learning,
Morgan Mix,
Oral Knowledge,
Printed Knowledge,
Reinventing Knowledge,
Rhyme
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Draft of "Vesalius and the Press"
Hey guys. I am posting this draft as a google doc. Anyone can edit the document but please don't just delete things or I won't notice you did that, also make all comments with a different color of text please so they are easy to find. Some questions I have are: does the intro sound too cheesy? Does my argument make sense and is it cohesive or does it sound too superficial? I am still planning on putting a opposing viewpoint part in the conclusion paragraph or its own paragraph before it. Any comments would be GREATLY appreciated. (I realize that I did not put the citations at the bottom but I am going to work out the citations and formatting tomorrow)
Here's the LINK
Thanks
Here's the LINK
Thanks
Labels:
Essay,
Medicine,
Michael Miles,
Printed Knowledge
Draft. Spelling and Renaissance
So I made some changes after today. Thanks for your help, especially Morgan.
I got some mixed feed back on how well I support my thesis. Your feedback on that and the flow would be appreciated
I got some mixed feed back on how well I support my thesis. Your feedback on that and the flow would be appreciated
Labels:
Alicia Cutler,
draft,
final paper,
renaissance,
spelling
Print Essay Draft
Misa Morreall
Professors Burton and Petersen
Honors Civilization 201
6 December 2011
Print Distribution: Religious and Scientific Texts during the Renaissance Era
Although the printing press was most notably used to distribute the King James Bible which influenced various religious sects during the Renaissance era, the scientific works and discoveries which were brought about through religious efforts were more effective at stimulating and accelerating European unification than the actual Bible itself because these scientific texts allowed scholars and scientists to establish scientific standards and communicate knowledge throughout various European nations, regardless of their religious beliefs.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Patronage as Censorship, draft 1
I don't think it's possible to upload a document as such directly to this blog, and I didn't really want to have to reformat my paper so that it would work here, so here is a link to my first draft, in Google Doc form.
See it here.
If you have a chance, look over it. Let me know what you think.
See it here.
If you have a chance, look over it. Let me know what you think.
Labels:
censorship,
Elizabethan England,
final paper,
Lauren Noorda,
Shakespeare
Keeping it Short
I'm about done with the first draft of my paper, which I'm writing about Elizabethan patronage of Shakespeare's plays as an indirect vehicle for censorship, and I've been a little bit surprised by the hardest aspect of this paper for me: keeping it short.
Papers that are 15-20 pages in length are pretty standard for my majors and my place in them. Final papers are often a bit longer, and econometric analyses or behavioral experiments can have lots of appendices that really add to the stack. Last week, I turned in an econometrics paper that was a new record for me: 76 pages. (That's a lot of money for printing.) So keeping this paper to a measly three or four pages has been a bit different.
I've noticed that I have needed to scale back my writing style and leave out some pieces of the logical progression between thoughts, or at least to simplify the overall argument. I've also found myself citing fewer sources and providing less evidence for my argument. It's a weird feeling.
Not that I'm complaining.
Papers that are 15-20 pages in length are pretty standard for my majors and my place in them. Final papers are often a bit longer, and econometric analyses or behavioral experiments can have lots of appendices that really add to the stack. Last week, I turned in an econometrics paper that was a new record for me: 76 pages. (That's a lot of money for printing.) So keeping this paper to a measly three or four pages has been a bit different.
I've noticed that I have needed to scale back my writing style and leave out some pieces of the logical progression between thoughts, or at least to simplify the overall argument. I've also found myself citing fewer sources and providing less evidence for my argument. It's a weird feeling.
Not that I'm complaining.
Labels:
censorship,
Elizabethan England,
final paper,
Lauren Noorda,
Shakespeare
Frustration
So I have been in the library for a few hours and realized why I am not a history major. History essays are really hard for me to write. I feel like in other subjects you have to understand a concept pretty well to write an essay but for history you have to do 3 times as much research. I am still trying to formulate my thesis statement. I am thinking of doing something about either Vesalius that I referenced in my last blog post or maybe I will talk about the resurgence of popularity of the texts of the ancient Greek philosopher and physician Galen. Or maybe both of them. I am still figuring everything out. Hopefully I will get it all figured out soon to post a thesis statement up here and get my draft done for tomorrow. Otherwise it will be a late night. Any insight would be much appreciated.
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