Assignment 2b

1. MoLAA stands for, The Museum of Latin American Art.

2. The first video clip is about the intentions of the museum and the vision of the creators.  It also discusses the different functions within the museum.  The second clip is a collection of works throughout the museum.  The last clip I chose is presented by LAX Magazine and is about the workshops and what days the museum is open.

3. I learned from the first video clip that the MoLAA is the first national museum dedicated to Latin American art.  The mission of the MoLAA is to have the most relevant and complete collection of Latin America art that exist.  The museum features concerts and holds educational lectures for children.  They plan on building a multi-purpose room for various events.  The second clip taught me about and allowed me to see some of the important pieces in the museum.  The museum is located in Long Beach, Ca.  One of the works in the clip is done by Juan Enrique gonzalez, titled, "Rosa Natuica."  I learned from the third clip that the museum is open six days a week and offers free admision on Fridays.  The museum first opened in 1996.  It is the only Latin American art museum in the western hemisphere.  

4. What site previously occupied the MoLAA's current website? http://www.molaa.com/n_about_mission_history.html

    Who founded the museum and when? http://www.molaa.com/n_about_mission_history.html

    What day is admission free and how many days a week is the museum open? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu5geLH1Q9A

5. From the MoLAA's website I learned that thier mission is, "to educate the public about contemporary Latin American fine art (by artists who have lived and worked in Latin America since WWII) through the presentation of a significant permanent collection, dynamic exhibitions and related cultural and educational programs."  The museum has a fairly large collection of permanent works which include, Gunther Gerzso's, "Paisaje," and Walter Goldfarb's, "Rosa lisérgica."  The museum holds an auction and awards show every year.  Southern California is an ideal location for the museum because of the diverse population, which inlcudes many Latin Americans.

     

Assignment 2a

a. Definiton 1: "Interdisciplinary studies" is an academic program or process seeking to synthesize broad perspectives, knowledge, skills, interconnections, and epistemology in an educational setting. Interdisciplinary programs may be founded in order to facilitate the study of subjects which have some coherence, but which cannot be adequately understood from a single disciplinary perspective (for example, women's studies or medieval studies). More rarely, and at a more advanced level, interdisciplinarity may itself become the focus of study, in a critique of institutionalized disciplines' ways of segmenting knowledge." - http://en.wikipedia.org

    Definiton 2: Courses, programs....linked together and integrated information and methodologies from two or more separate traditional and/or certified disciplines...creating a multi-faceted picture of the topic through exploration and sythesization of various approaches and views.- www.colleges.org/newmodels/interdisciplinary/definition.html 

b. Definiton 1: "Latin America is the region of the Americaswhere Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin), particularly Spanish and Portuguese, are primarily spoken."- http://en.wikipedia.org

    Definition 2: "the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies."- http://bartleby.com/65/

c. Countries of Latin America: 

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Costa Rica
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Rep.
  •  Ecuador
  •  El Salvador
    •  Guatemala
    •  Honduras
    •  Mexico
    •  Nicaragua
    •  Panam
      •  Paraguay
      •  Peru
      •  Puerto Rico
      •  Uruguay
      •  Venezuela
      
      
      d. The countries of the Caribbean include Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands.
      
      
      
      e. The Caribbean region takes it's name from the ethnic group, Carib.  The Carib resided in the Lesser Antilles and part of South America when Europeans fist made contact.  In the English-speaking language the Caribbean locals are called, "West Indians."
      
      
      f. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org, www.colleges.org, and http://bartleby.com/65/.  These are reputable sources because I have checked the information with other sites and they have proven valid.  Wikipedia is feared by some, but I find it to be much more informative than other sites with good facts.  Despite being able to edit information, it will be removed if it is false.  The other two sites I have used before.  Thier definitions are clear and consise and use actual information from paper-back encyclopedias.
      
      
      g. In general, my classmates all seem to have been very interested in Paulo Freire.  Quite a few people cited his book, “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.”  Many people are taking this course to meet their GE requirements and have a need to learn about Latin America and the Caribbean.  There are some great points made about Paulo Freire's ideals and techniques of teaching.  The first student I share comminalities with is Emily Little.  We have both been to Costa Rica.  She lived there for awhile, I was there for fourteen days.  We also both live over thirty minutes from campus and know little about the Caribbean and more about Latin America.  The second student I chose is Blaire Esposti.  She is also taking this class to satisfy her GE requirements and gain a better understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean.  We also have only used Myspace to blog and are faily new to the blogging experience.
      
      

Assignment 1c

The first person I chose is Jade Gonzalez.  When she visualizes the Caribbean she thinks of exotic beahces and beatiful places far away.  From Jade I learned, Paulo Freire strongly believed that education was to be interactive between the parent and teacher.  She also added, In 1946, Freire became the director of the Pernambuco Dept. Of Education and culture of SESI ( The Social Service of Industry).  

The second person I chose was Adamo Mazzaferro.  He is taking this class to grasp a better understanding of the cultural history of the Latin people.  When he thinks of the Caribbean he thinks of a tropical land with crystal clear warm water.  While discussing Paulo Freire he taught me that, the philosophy which Freire implements stems from Plato, modern Marxism, and anti-colonialists.  He also stated Freire, used the phrase "emancipation through interactive participation" to describe his desired teaching method. 

Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire was born into a middle class family. in 1921.  In 1929 Freire and his family were going through a depression in Brazil.  As a witness of poverty at a young age, Freire, began to sympathize with the poor population.  In 1943, Freire decided to enroll in the Faculty of Law at University of Recife. He studied philosophy while there.

In 1961, he started a job as Director of the Department of Education and Culture in the state of Pernambuco. As the director he taught 300 sugar cane workers to read and write in 45 days. Freire published his first book, Education as the Practice of Freedom, in 1967. He next published his most famous book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.  Freire received a lot of praise for his two novels.  Impressed by his ideas and writings, Harvard University offered him a visiting professorship.  Why were people so amazed over Paulo Freire?

Freire's philosophy of education was the guideline's by which he believed all schools should follow.  He developed the "banking concept" of education.   This reffered to the thought that a child is an empty bank account needing to be by the teacher.  Freire would later die on May 3, 1997.  Freire not only enocouraged San Paulo and its citizens to join in his ideas, but he became their leader and helped educate many of them.  He is also a leader for everyone around the world who seeks education.  His work can be seen at UCLA, where Dr. Carlos Torres preaches his methods. 

Works Cited:

"Pablo Friere." Wikipedia. 2008. 8 Sep 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire