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> From: Martin Barker
> Reply To: Martin Barker
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:10 AM
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> Dear Colleagues
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> I wonder if many are aware of the very substantial debate that has been
> going on in the SCUDD (Standing Conference of University Drama
> Departments) mailbase about the issues arising from the proposed Panel
> formation for the next RAE. The debate has been covering, with some
> strong views being expressed, the issue of the relations between the
> fields covered by Panel J and the fields covered by Panel O. The issues
> at stake - on which of course we may simply be too late now - concern the
> seen-to-be-very-different approaches to cultural modes of expression
> contained and expressed in our field, and those in the Dance, Drama and
> Performing Arts field. I am not taking a position, just wondering (a) if
> other colleagues have been noticing this important debate taking place,
> and (b) whether there is any sense yet of an emergent view within MeCCSA
> on the issues involved in our being placed in a Panel with, for instance,
> Library and Information Science.
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> Martin Barker
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