Tag: Responsibility

  • U3: The (theoretical) archive of decisions – the process so far

    U3: The (theoretical) archive of decisions – the process so far

    I’ve been working on an initial idea for my unit 3 submission that I’m calling ‘The Archive of Decisions‘. I’m excited by the idea but it has already gotten away from me a bit. It far excedes the scope of this unit, so I’m starting to wonder whether it could be my unit 6 or…

  • U3: The decision to focus on decisions

    A recap of what we need to produce during unit 3: Some general notes on my interests What excites me about this term’s task is that it gives me an opportunity to think about dialogic art/performance/projects. In my practice as an arts communicator and fundraiser, I’ve worked with a community of artists who make work…

  • U3: Consideration – first thoughts on submission

    Our submission this term will comprise of a curated ‘conversation’ presented in the form of moving image. Dialogue is a key medium of intercultural practice. This term we’re thinking about the qualities of a meaningful conversation and about ethics within cultural norms – how we negotiate difference to generate meaning.  Some notes from class and…

  • W24 II: On art, empathy & responsibility – and Adolescence again

    W24 II: On art, empathy & responsibility – and Adolescence again

    Since my last blog, my mind has kept turning over some of the issues that the Çalışkan article and the Netflix series Adolescence raised for me. After discussing what Bakhtin’s views of cognition mean for ethics, Çalışkan goes on to discuss empathy and the related act of creating art. For Bakhtin since humans are such…

  • W24: On ethics, responsibility – and Adolescence 

    W24: On ethics, responsibility – and Adolescence 

    This week, ahead of Marsha’s presentation on her work, she suggested we read Ethical Aesthetics /Aesthetic Ethics: The Case of Bakhtin by Prof. Dr. Sevda Çalışkan. The reading expanded on several lines of thought that have intrigued me for a while, so I wanted to record it here. I’ve long been interested in ideas of…