[mtp-teoria] call for discussion intermedia

[Palo Fabuš]

I absolutely agree. And I probably didn't express myself clearly,
because this is not a thing I was pointing to.

I just wanted to offer a little doubt of effectivness of this
discussion. Because it should comply with it's instrumental purpose:
as to motivate some changes. And if we are already applying the
conditions of state we would like to reach by this discussion, then is
probably something wrong. If you are about to convince people that
English is imporant, you can't speak to them in English, do you?

But speaking English is just a partial problem. Our hermetic approach
of casting out the non-speakers from discussion might complicate more
of the initial issues to be solved.

But any of these arguments are obviously useless if every potential
reader (and potential agent of proposed structural changes) of this
mailing list speaks english. But does (s)he?


pf


On 6/30/07, givan bela <g at 13m3.sk> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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