The New School, as you know, lumbers toward its centenary next year. Belatedly, all sorts of people are noticing. You might have thought that the work my friend and colleague J and I have been doing over the last several years - the courses taught (next one starts next week), talks given (I gave one this morning, and give another tomorrow), articles published, exhibitions and websites organized - would have led to a broader, deeper appreciation for our rich and complicated legacies. No such luck. Folks continue to get the most basic things wrong (like above). The work of "demythologizing the New School" never ends.Wednesday, August 22, 2018
University of exhale
The New School, as you know, lumbers toward its centenary next year. Belatedly, all sorts of people are noticing. You might have thought that the work my friend and colleague J and I have been doing over the last several years - the courses taught (next one starts next week), talks given (I gave one this morning, and give another tomorrow), articles published, exhibitions and websites organized - would have led to a broader, deeper appreciation for our rich and complicated legacies. No such luck. Folks continue to get the most basic things wrong (like above). The work of "demythologizing the New School" never ends.