Hi Juris & Amanda
Thanks for your comments on this, I'm yet
to track down Juris' article (will have to actually walk to the library
for that one!), but the summary works for me. & with Amanda adding the
educational angle we're getting somewhere interesting. What's next is
pinpointing the cracks in the system and how to exploit them. Hacker
culture?
http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com
Dan
http://djhuppatz.blogspot.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:03:18 -0400
>
From: Juris Milestone <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re:
Design-Art
>
> Amanda,
>
> Yes, in a
recent article I briefly explored a related contradiction =20
>
(between 'creative genius' and design-for-all) within the US popular =20
> media's handling of the idea of design: "Design as Power:
Paul Virilio
> =20=
>
> and the Governmentality
of Design Expertise" =
>
http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=3Darticle&issn=3D1473-5784&volum=
> e=3D48&issue=3D2&spage=3D175
>
>
Basically, I say that in the media, at least, there is no perceived =20
> contradiction or conflict between the two and I believe this is
=20
> accomplished largely through the pairing of the star system
(famous =20
> designers or architects) with the glorification of
the consumer in =20
> contemporary capitalist society (the
'democratization of design' is =20
> often invoked here as well).
These two areas work together to form a =20=
>
> kind of
symbiosis between market rules and the populace, thereby =20
>
resolving the contradiction through a neat interdependence, and =20
> ultimately contributing to the 'governing' (organization) of modern
=20
> liberal democratic societies/populations.
>
> Juris
>
>
> On Jun 3, 2008, at 4:16 PM,
Bill, Amanda wrote:
>
>> Hi Dan and Juris,
>> I've investigated 'creativity' as governmentality. Am just
about to
>> =20=
>
>> submit my PhD
thesis on it. I've taken it as a category of =20
>> subjective
identification and an object of educational governance in
>>
=20=
>
>> fashion design. =46rom a discourse theory
perspective (Laclau - Essex
>> =20=
>
>>
school), I take 'creativity' is a nodal point that unifies =20
>> previously antagonistic views. Within various cultural
organisations
>> =20=
>
>> including
economic development agencies and universities, moves to =20
>> strengthen a liberal agenda and retain creativity as a form of
=91arts =
> =20
>> knowledge=92 with high cultural
capital have been rubbing up against
>> =20=
>
>> strategies to enlist and develop more universal concepts about
=20
>> creativity as a collaborative endeavour, vital to new
forms of =20
>> capitalist enterprise.
>> An
outcome of the resulting creativity discourse is that the 'idea =20
>> of design' and the 'idea of art' tend to shift about, somewhat.
=20
>> You're right, this needs further examination.
>>
>> Amanda
>> College of Creative Arts
>> Massey University
>> Wellington, NZ
>>
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