Reading Nature, Observing Science: Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris PapersMain MenuIntroduction to the Lick Observatory ArchivesThe Lick Observatory: Imaging the CosmosThe Lick Observatory: Eclipse ExpeditionsEclipse Intro page (first in a path)Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris PapersKenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in PracticeKenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and ConservationConnections: In Relation to NatureThese images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archivesConnections: Materials of ObservationVisualization of the ConnectionsVisualizes the connections between all the contentReading Nature, Observing ScienceCaptions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special CollectionsAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Poetic Science
12016-05-16T00:58:21-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e918415gallery2016-06-06T12:49:48-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eNorris was an advocate of interdisciplinary pedagogy. His teaching philosophy revolved around a kind of poetic science. This poetic science, which is apparent in both Norris's poetic journal entries and student interviews, is based on the merging of poetic, artistic outlooks with scientific knowledge and perspectives on the natural world. In other words, Norris did not believe in a separation between the arts and sciences, but rather thought that both poetry and science were equally necessary in order to attain a full understanding of the environment and its inhabitants. Norris's commitment to interdisciplinary education is perhaps most fully realized in his Natural History Field Quarter class, as Norris often brought poets along to these classes [add in oral history biography]
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12016-05-11T22:18:05-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Photograph of Norris writing journal notes, Bunny Club, circa 19865Photograph of Norris writing journal notes inside the Bunny Club, a cabin located in the Granite Mountains, during a Natural History Field Quarter. Daily journal entries about field observations, inquiries, and even personal reactions to the different sites visited was a crucial component of Norris's Field Quarter.media/UA66/UA66_Bx33_Personal Photographs (circa 1986).jpgplain2016-06-07T10:59:21-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-06T08:42:00-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eField Notes 1986-1987-1988: Journal, Norris3Norris's bound journal from the 1987 Natural History Field Quarter. This journal entry, which takes place in the Granite Mountains, discusses the first day of the Field Quarter.media/UA66_Bx 38_Field Notes 1986-1987-1988 (Field Quarter Journal 1).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:42:53-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-05-11T22:18:06-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490"Poets in the Field: The Natural History Field Quarter," Science Notes Vol 4.1, 19778Interview with Dan Warrick, a student in the 1977 Natural History Field Quarter, that highlights the interdisciplinarity of the class. Warrick states that the Field Quarter was based on a “poetic outlook,” wherein students were encouraged to use thoughts and feelings as well as scientific knowledge, all of which was recorded in daily journals, in order to better understand the natural world. According to Warrick, the class was based on a blend of scientific and poetic approaches to studying nature. This campus publication also includes a poem written by Warrick himself about his experience in the Field Quarter.media/UA66/UA66_Bx70_Poets in the Field.jpgplain2016-06-07T11:44:27-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-05-11T22:18:05-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Comments at End of Natural History of California Class, Norris, Tuolumne River, 1977 [page 1]5First page of Norris's poetic reflections while at Tuolumne River in Merced County on the last day of the 1977 Natural History Field Quarter.media/UA66/UA66_Bx70_Field Quarter Comments (page 1).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:45:49-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-06T10:36:03-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eComments at End of Natural History of California Class, Norris, Tuolumne River, 1977 [page 2]2Second page of Norris's poetic reflections while at Tuolumne River in Merced County on the last day of the 1977 Natural History Field Quarter.media/UA66_Bx70_Field Quarter Comments (page 2).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:46:27-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-06T10:11:38-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eField Notes 1986-1987-1988: Observing, Norris4Page from Norris's 1987 Natural History Field Quarter journal that describes the process of observing when doing natural history work.media/UA66_Bx 38_Field Notes 1986-1987-1988 (Observing 1).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:47:02-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-06T09:50:11-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eSyllabus and First Instructions: Natural History Field Quarter, Norris and Gliessman, UCSC, Spring 1989 [page 2]3Second page of Norris and Stephen R. Gliessman's syllabus for the 1989 Natural History Field Quarter. This page states that artists and scientists should use their unique perspectives when writing journal entries.media/UA66_Bx 8_Teaching Files Field Quarter (Syllabus pg 2).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:47:52-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-06T09:59:46-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eSyllabus and First Instructions: Natural History Field Quarter, Norris and Gliessman, UCSC, Spring 1989 [page 4]2Fourth page of Norris and Stephen R. Gliessman's syllabus for the 1989 Natural History Field Quarter.media/UA66_Bx 8_Teaching Files Field Quarter (Syllabus pg 4).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:49:46-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-06T10:41:54-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08ePhotograph of Norris, Gliessman, and students during a Natural History Field Quarter, Bunny Club, undated4Photograph of Norris and Stephen R. Gliessman with students on the deck of the Bunny Club in the Granite Mountains during a Natural History Field Quarter.media/UA66_Bx26_Personal Photographs (undated, Norris and students at Bunny Club Field Q).jpgplain2016-06-07T11:52:28-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e