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? - Falsifian
