At first glance you can see that Yo-Yo Ma is extremely highly awarded singer song writer as well as a world renown scholar. in January 2014 Ma published an essay called “Necessary edges: Arts, empathy, and education” where ma considers the role of arts in the world, discussing that empathy is a main concept needed to balance thinking today. he advocates for STEAM which is a concept similar to STEM in schools. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. the surrounding context for this work is about ma’s experiences, he’s views on STEM and STEAM, culture, necessary edges, equilibrium among life styles, and measurable society.
My purpose for reading this text is to better understand Yo-Yo- Ma and the thought process he has about art. I agree with most of what Ma believes but I can’t agree with everything. I find his thought process to be someone confusing which causes me to dive deeper into reading this text, I realized the insight he has into art and music and the natural world and begin to agree more with him. the situation is that Ma believes art is main aspect of life and is necessary to live a happy life style. so what that art is a necessary aspect of life some people don’t think it is but. we see art every day as we look down streets, into shop corners, the food we eats and without it we have nothing.
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Globalization: organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. Ma discusses globalization leading to the creation of culture, which is very important to understand others views in other countries.
Berbers: a member of an indigenous people of North Africa. The majority of Berbers are settled farmers or migrant workers. the berbers are members of tribes that create song and dance In Africa.
Sarabande: a slow dance with music by the North African berber tribes. Ma discusses this specific word when he talks about a specific instance of culture.
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