Hi, cris
Nah, you've got me wrong: I just think that 'problematise' is an ugly and
false coinage and I couldn't stand the numb style of whoever wrote the
litany of objectives.
> promoting the romance of decontextualised creativity, the ideology of the
> garrett centre
Beg pardon??
Best
Dave
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From: "cris cheek" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie
> > It saddens my heart that so often I come across language in the
discussion
> > of poetry that would be worthy of a corporate manager's notions of a job
> > description. In the Dartington example given below by cris, for instance
:
> >
> >> - identify and problematise current cultural frameworks in relation
to
> >> their practice
> >>
> >
> > Problematise??????
> >
> > What can one say of a world where poetry is taught by people so dead to
the
> > language?
> >
> > And the linguistic inertness, the rigor mortis of speech, in the whole
> > stilted list of 'identify's and 'manage's?
> >
> > Its toneless mechanical repetitions.
>
> David
>
> it's the language of educational validation
>
> u know that. as such it's compromised from the outset but . .
>
> then read between the lines and you'll find a grit that is appropriate to
> tactical nouse in respect of a poetic practice
>
> tactics are used to create space for others to be creative in
>
> the offer was made in respect of a discussion over criteria for ebaluation
> of creative work and these strategies get around some of those silly
senses
> of judgement and deal with learning about framing and sustaining cultural
> practices in the current climates
>
> promoting the romance of decontextualised creativity, the ideology of the
> garrett centre does nobody any favours and maintains the potential culture
> of despair that engulphs so much poetry and nips positive circulation in
the
> bud
>
> i find that knee-jerk naivite u espouse surprising
> and i'm sure that doesn't surprise u
>
> it's not about teaching poetry
>
> do some simple translation and think what 'managing' ones practice really
> entails for example - you're doing it yourself (even here) although u
> won't acknowledge it that way
>
> love and love
> cris
>
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