Re: Creative Industries Seminar Number 3

[Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought that listers might be interested in this notice of a creative
industry seminar.  I know Clare and she is a nice person and also very
bright, but I despair at reaching an understanding with someone who
perceives an international development of capital in terms of a 'social
revalorisation of forms of the imagination' instead of the previously
dominant 'sociological imagination'.  What in the name of Jesus does that mean?

regards

Gary


At 03:55  12/09/00 +1000, you wrote:
>ACADEMY STAFF & STUDENTS
>GRADUATE SEMINAR
>Featuring
>A PROVOCATION AND THREE RESPONSES
>Wednesday 20 September, 2000 from 4.00 to 5.30pm
>
>TOPIC
>'Theory' and 'Practice' in the Creative Industries
>by
>Dr Clare O'Farrell
>One of the problems faced by the arts within the university setting is the
>long standing notion of an opposition between 'theory' and 'practice',
>between the so called 'theoreticians' and the 'doers'. Using ideas culled
>from French thought and examples from film and television, this paper will
>explore how traditional theory/practice hierarchies might be broken down
>within the context of the new Creative Industries project. It will also be
>argued that the very possibility of a funded Creative Industries project
>owes much to the social revalorisation of forms of imagination which stand
>in opposition to the previously dominant order of a 'sociological imagination'.
>
>Clare O'Farrell has degrees in French and the History and Philosophy of
>Science, in Philosophy and in the History of Ideas. She is currently
>finishing her third book on the work of Michel Foucault. She is interested
>in developing intersections between French theory, cult film and tv and
>the internet.
>
>Short responses to Clare's paper will be given by Cathy Robinson, Andrew
>McNamara and Judith McLean
>
>Cathy Robinson is currently an Adjunct Professor with the School of Media
>and Journalism, QUT. From 1989-99 she served as Chief Executive and
>Commissioner (Board member) of the Australian Film Commission. She is Vice
>President of the Sydney Film Festival and a Board Member of the Museum of
>Contemporary Art in Sydney. Cathy is also Co-Executive Producer of THE
>CROSS, an Australian feature film currently in development.
>Andrew McNamara coordinates Postgraduate Studies in Visual Arts where he
>lectures in Art theory and history, representation and technology. Andrew
>has taught at the Power Institute, the University of Sydney and the
>College of Fine Arts, UNSW and his book Ornamentalism was published by
>IMA/Power Publications in 1997. He is currently Convener of the Art
>Association of Australia and New Zealand annual conference to be held at
>QUT in December.
>Judith McLean lectures in Theatre and Teaching Studies and is the Chair of
>the Arts Education Committee of the Academy of the Arts. She is Chair of
>the Queensland Theatre Company and the Queensland Minister for Justice and
>the Arts' Cultural Advisory Council. A director and creator of theatre for
>young people, Judith directed Blurred for last year's Stage X Festival and
>is currently directing Warning: Small Parts for the Out of the Box
>Festival in October.
>
>VENUE: A105 Kelvin Grove (Ground floor of A Block, along from Beadles)
>
>Coffee, teas and at the request of the presenter, petit fours will be served.
>
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