Often discussions about education concentrate on the ever-present question of resources. In a context where the crisis in public finance since 2008 has impacted across all education provision, in summary, the mounting pressures of rising student and receding staff numbers; the decline in funding and grants with a possible return of fees, poor post-graduate funding opportunities and much more competitive job market.
In the context of the festival, this platform sets out to ask, arguably, more fundamental questions and activate a public dialogue and discussion about the future of photography education. What might this be ? Is there a need to reclaim and articulate a need for its specificity or identity rather than be absorbed into some generalized art or media programme ?
This discussion does not seek to side-step the issue of resources but seeks to reinvigorate and energise an open discussion and argument that itself could be part of the argument for resources into the future.
* What is an education in photography and what is it for?
* What distinguishes it and what is its specificity if any?
* What is the state of photography education, where has it been and where is it going ?
The conversation will take the form of a series of short presentations from a number of key representatives in photography education on the island of Ireland and but also international representatives including IADT, DIT, Limerick School of Art, IED Institute, Madrid amongst others.
Info
Date: 6pm Sun 15 Jul
Moxie Studios
Lad Lane, off Baggott Street, Dublin 2
