[mtp-teoria] call for discussion intermedia

[givan bela]

Hi Palo,

What I think is a problem in general in czech and slovak repubics in 
learning and teaching media art properly (and not only in that area of 
course) is the level of understanding of particularly english and 
german of the students, which is an obstacle to understanding theory 
and practical information about media art itself. Since the local 
publications merely scratch the surface and on top of that are mostly 
dated, a student or teacher who is not able to read in english, german, 
etc.. is literally handicapped scientifically and artistically today. I 
do believe that local situations and questions are important but the 
way we deal with them is equally important. Furthermore it becomes a 
very claustrofobic situation when one does not see relationships and 
contradictions in local situations in a wider area, and how these are 
discussed in general - and I am afraid the better analysis and 
hypotheses are not formulated primarily in czech or slovak, but ... in 
english these days... (I found out also that german translations to and 
from english are very quick in being published, so that is a partial 
solution...) - personally I was shocked about the level of discussion 
and insight, with +20 year old (and older)) art students over the last 
years due to the language problem - and that points for sure to a real 
existing "local" problem that should be looked into asap!

> Foreign language is important, but it should not be an obstacle in 
> discussing local questions.