Dear list:
I would like to second Lubomir's suggestion that we "talk about design
schools and design culture rather than go astray on
related topics." That said, I do think that the issue of how UCI will teach
design theory, design history, design criticism and, of course, philosophy
of design, is an issue that needs to be discussed more fully. I am still
interested to know what kind of persons will be staffing the UCI courses
that fall into these areas. Will they be designers? Design historians?
Philosophers? Sociologists? As I mentioned in a post on December 1, "what
*I* think would constitute an appropriate syllabus for, say, 'Social Aspects
of Design,' would [probably] differ dramatically from what a designer or a
sociologist or a philosopher would deem appropriate for a course with that
title."
I am also still very skeptical (as I noted in my post of November 21) that
one semester of design history is sufficient. Am I the only one who harbors
this reservation?
Carma
Carma R. Gorman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
School of Art and Design, mail code 4301
Carbondale, IL 62901
United States of America
voicemail: 618-453-8634
fax: 618-453-7710
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