Post 8: Changes to my Study Programme

Hi everyone !

Today is the turn of a special topic, because is the opportunity to talk about everything we believe must be change in our art school. 

First to all, in my particular case as a Theory and Art History student, I think the problems start with the study programme, because don't allow the choice between Aesthetics and Art History, for the first courses I believe is fine learn about both, but when you decide your interest field, the other turns very boring, and you feel your learning is stuck. Then in my opinion, we have other problem in direct relationship with the above, which is the subjects of the different courses, much of them based in foreign studies and not in locals, this is very important to understand as a problem because we are not developing new knowledge based in our latin american reality, just repeating the north american or european way.

Secondly we have the issues with the faculty facilities of the school, which is very precarious, like improvised classrooms with broken and old chairs, the lack of working climatization systems, as also the old computers. I think build a proper place to teach and learn is one of the first steps to improve the quality of the education in this school.

About the workload and length of studies, I don't have a critical opinion moreover one very specific, about the softness of some teachers in the evaluations. Sometimes I think it's very easy to approve a course, and the learning process is not associated with the effort but just with the deliver of the works and essays, and the rendition of the tests.

Finally have to say that I don't hate the Art School, just think that is necessary to change the way things are done, to create a faculty that works to increase the knowledge and research about local art and artists.

Bye.