The benefits of a convergence between art and engineering
Innella, Giovanni and Rodgers, Paul A. (2021) The benefits of a convergence between art and engineering. HighTech and Innovation Journal, 2 (1). pp. 29-37. ISSN 2723-9535 (https://doi.org/10.28991/HIJ-2021-02-01-04)
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Abstract
As design practitioners researchers and educators, we constantly find ourselves shuffled between humanities and sciences. In fact, the design departments in the universities around the globe are located within the faculties of engineering, architecture, visual art, liberal are or environmental sciences, thus becoming a meeting point for academics and professionals coming from both the humanities and sciences. The synergy resulting from the varieties of backgrounds and expertise creates a fertile ground for explorations on both a conceptual and a technical level. By briefly compiling and analysing a review of literature and creative works spanning from the renaissance to contemporary art, this paper reflects on the potential benefits of combining engineering and art research. The authors of this paper look at the increasingly delicate role that technicians, engineers and computer programmers play in developing technologies that impact our social, emotional and intimal lives, and advocate for art as a context and tool to help those professional developing their sensitivity and critical sense, besides their skills. In doing so, the paper makes a contribution to the STEM vs. STEAM conundrum, encouraging an education that merges arts and humanities disciplines with scientific and technical subjects.
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Innella, Giovanni and Rodgers, Paul A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-191X;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 74626 Dates: DateEvent1 March 2021Published15 November 2020AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering design Department: Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 17 Nov 2020 11:51 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 12:53 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/74626