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tactics for teaching synthesis

Nick Keenan asked – a week ago – how we (that’s you) teach synthesis. I think I teach it, obliquely, like this.
I teach the value of reflexivity and awareness: what am I doing? What choices am I making? What am I taking for granted? Part of that process is the belief that sometimes you can [...]

Posted 11 March 2010 § production process § teaching § theatre ‡ Comments (0) °

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 ‡ Comments (4) °