Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 11:44:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bryan N. Alexander" <bnalexan-AT-umich.edu> Subject: Re: Educational Practice & Nomad Philosophy Paul's right: education has become part of work, an extended internship. Negri writes about the factory society, how the social world is organized along the factory's old productive lines - and this seems right here. On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Paul Bains wrote: > >Does anybody have any really original ideas on non-fascist ed-space? > >This is a genuine enquiry. > > a 'non-fascist ed-space' would be for starters one which was not compulsory > and had no grading. The school of humanities at the university of > technology, sydney has had for many years a pass/fail degree. This is a step > in the right direction. Altho to get a grant for a higher degree the > students are thereby penalised. > > Most interesting ed-spaces have no courses that are completed. There is a > huge amount of stuff on all this, mainly american (60/70/80's - e.g. > illich). As was suggested recently in the Sydney Morning Herald, student > life has become indistinguishable from work experience in a corporate > environment. I am v. pessimistic about anything interesting happening within > a university environment - except by fluke. > > A genuine response. > > > Bryan Alexander Department of English email: bnalexan-AT-umich.edu University of Michigan phone: (313) 764-0418 Ann Arbor, MI USA 48103 fax: (313) 763-3128 http://www.umich.edu/~bnalexan
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