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diversity, coherence and ed vaizey’s “national cultural agenda”

Ed Vaizey’s recent speech on “cultural education” seems to suggest a near-future of cuts and centralization in arts funding.
First, there’s the repeated suggestion of “confusion and duplication,” a “blizzard of initiatives” that represent wasteful effort. Vaizey doesn’t actually provide any real support for that claim, but it’s the rhetorical basis for the call to spend [...]

Posted 19 February 2010 § culture § politics § research ‡ Comments (4) °

against hierarchies of participation

I’m introducing students to different models of devised performance – and, in passing, described Clay Shirky’s hierarchy of participation: starting with sharing, and moving in increasing complexity through co-operation and collaboration to collective action.
Since that lecture, I’ve been thinking about the value of recognising the link beween these different kinds of participation – that co-operation, [...]

Posted 08 February 2010 § production process § research § teaching ‡ Comments Off °