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"When you diminish humanities departments, you fracture and destabilise
an apparatus that fosters and supports thinking – analytical, creative,
imaginative, productive, progressive thinking.
When you cut down humanities teachers and students, who, together, bring
what they read, learn and test in their courses to a society that cannot
afford to think less, or be critiqued less rigorously, or fail to
imagine, you are shutting the book on the very heart and brain of that
society. You attack places where enlightenment, useful consternation and
doubt, and intellectual pleasures and satisfactions, are a currency
passed from one generation to the next. You target an enterprise, a
practice, and a legacy, whose benefits are far-reaching."
Via Muse, who wrote "Australia’s current government didn’t just cut
support to artists and academics because they “hate” us. They did it
because they are afraid of us. We need to keep being us, because we
represent a better future. Stay strong and keep at it! ♥"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
