Then again, with all the dross out in the world, some people/students should never be allowed to make a film/video. Peter (Perth)
On 24/04/2014 8:12 am, "Aaron F. Ross" <aa...@digitalartsguild.com> wrote: >It's true, professors with tenure can ignore the changing times. >There's no accountability and no consequences, so tenured professors >can be rigid, inflexible, and anachronistic, and get away with it. >But of course, that is doing the students a disservice. There's a >huge disconnect between academia and the real world, and young people >know it. > >In a way, the decline of tenure and the expansion of adjunct hires is >good for students. It's bad from a labor perspective, but at least it >keeps fresh blood coming in. Adjuncts have to continually >prove/improve themselves, and can't rest on their laurels. Ever. > >Regarding technology, I'm a selective adopter. Just because something >is new does not make it good. But the corollary to this is that just >because something is familiar does not make it good, either. We all >must think critically about technology if we are to be effective >educators, makers, and even consumers. Control the tools, or they >will control you. > >The fresco analogy unintentionally makes the opposite point. Art >schools don't teach fresco painting anymore, except as an extremely >specialist subject. Oil painting is a widely adopted technique that >has immediate application across the board. Fresco painting is, for >the most part, a dead art. So, in fact, students should not be >required to learn it. > >If you want to piss off students, wasting their time and money, then >by all means, make them learn some specialized, anachronistic subject >that has little or no application in the real world. > >Aaron > > > >At 4/23/2014, you wrote: >>But you _can_ reject the technology. Not at all times, nor >>throughout the whole program. But, just because oil painting exists >>does not mean that art students shouldn't learn how to make frescos. >>--scott _______________________________________________ FrameWorks >>mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > > Aaron F. Ross, artist and educator > http://dr-yo.com > http://digitalartsguild.com > >_______________________________________________ >FrameWorks mailing list >FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks