arts , education and power lists
Education isn't only about making careers, it's also about making minds - minds capable of scepticism, minds that question assumptions, minds that resist corruptions, minds that seek clarity and understanding, and minds that desire to love and diminish human misery.
What are these illusions I'm referring to? They are many, as countless in number as the fantasy images that bombard us daily from all directions. But here are a few big ones. The illusion of fame; the idea that we have some sort of relationship with celebrities and will one day even join their number and be admired, envied and escape the great contemporary dread of anonymity. The illusion, so central to reality TV, of transformation, that an extreme makeover can make us better versions of ourselves. The illusion that ever more consumption and distraction will make us happier. The illusion that great wealth, health and comfort will be ours if only we believe in it, visualise it, pray for it strongly enough and harness the secret powers of positive thinking.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/universities-assault-on-humanities-signals-a-society-going-backwards-20121017-27rfp.html#ixzz29cQqh9Hl
And the first thing that a questioning mind should seek clarity about is the corruption of the Arts. By the money madness of Markets. By the power of Power lists.
Two opposing camps are battling it out for domination of the international contemporary art world. On the one hand, the huge globalised art dealerships catering to the international super-rich – those individuals so dazzlingly wealthy as to be immune to the economic crisis. And on the other, a vision of art that is politically engaged, historically aware and socially inclusive.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/oct/18/artreview-power-100-list-world
The power of Education. "ENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE". Kathmandu
What are these illusions I'm referring to? They are many, as countless in number as the fantasy images that bombard us daily from all directions. But here are a few big ones. The illusion of fame; the idea that we have some sort of relationship with celebrities and will one day even join their number and be admired, envied and escape the great contemporary dread of anonymity. The illusion, so central to reality TV, of transformation, that an extreme makeover can make us better versions of ourselves. The illusion that ever more consumption and distraction will make us happier. The illusion that great wealth, health and comfort will be ours if only we believe in it, visualise it, pray for it strongly enough and harness the secret powers of positive thinking.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/universities-assault-on-humanities-signals-a-society-going-backwards-20121017-27rfp.html#ixzz29cQqh9Hl
And the first thing that a questioning mind should seek clarity about is the corruption of the Arts. By the money madness of Markets. By the power of Power lists.
Two opposing camps are battling it out for domination of the international contemporary art world. On the one hand, the huge globalised art dealerships catering to the international super-rich – those individuals so dazzlingly wealthy as to be immune to the economic crisis. And on the other, a vision of art that is politically engaged, historically aware and socially inclusive.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/oct/18/artreview-power-100-list-world
The power of Education. "ENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE". Kathmandu
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