On 7/1/2020 4:59 PM, James Cook wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 16:17, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: >> tl;dr What do people think about a separate method for arts degrees that's >> more akin to applause and somehow brings in Bard? (just in general). >> >> longer: >> >> I didn't think about this when voting last month, but the new art degrees >> are kind of how we used to award Bard. A person produces Good Art, and by >> acclaim they are awarded Bard. >> >> I'd be a bit sad to see that sidelined, plus the peer-review process seems >> a bit stuffy for art. Not that art *can't* be reviewed critically and >> academically, but (1) most people are producing it for the applause not >> the analysis when they publish and (2) it's just less fun to do a piece of >> performance art, get told "that's just a draft here's the critiques in >> your rhyme scheme" and publish it again. Better for people to applaud and >> say "that's some good art, any 'mistakes' are just little happy trees and >> part of the performance." >> >> So just thinking about writing a method for that and looking for general >> feedback first. >> >> -G. > > Having a different process for art degrees sounds reasonable. Were you > thinking of keeping the existing degrees and just changing the > process?
Yeah just the process. (tho looking at the list it could also be arranged as high to low degrees separated by each "college", that's just a legibility thing not sure which is better). -G.
