



The Inspiration Pad by Marc Thomasset (and photographed by Marcel Veelo) put a smile on my face. Thumbs up! You can buy it here.
(thank you Nathalie)
Vía swiss-miss
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En vanguardia del despropósito
"Si tienes penas,
no se las cuentes a los amigos,
que les divierta su puta madre".

The most important point is that our devotion to technology blinds us to the issue of what education is for. In America, we improve the education of our youth by improving what are called “learning technologies.” At the moment, it is considered necessary to introduce computers to the classroom, as it once was thought necessary to bring closed-circuit television and film to the classroom. To the question, “Why should we do this?” the answer is: “To make learning more efficient and more interesting.” Such an answer is considered entirely adequate, since, to the technological fundamentalists, efficiency and interest need no justification. It is, therefore, usually not noticed that this answer does not address the question, “What is learning for?”
“Efficiency and interest” is a technical answer—an answer about means, not ends—and it offers no pathway to a consideration of educational philosophy. Indeed, it blocks the way to such a consideration by beginning with the question of how we should proceed rather than with the question of why. It is probably not necessary to say that, by definition, there can be no education philosophy that does not address what learning is for. Confucius, Plato, Quintilian, Cicero, Comenius, Erasmus, Locke, Rousseau, Jefferson, Russell, Montessori, Whitehead, Dewey—each believed that there was some transcendent political, spiritual, or social idea that must be advanced through education. Confucius advocated teaching “the Way” because in tradition he saw the best hope for social order. As our first systematic fascist, Plato wished education to produce philosopher kings. Cicero argued that education must free the student from the tyranny of the present. Jefferson thought the purpose of education is to teach the young how to protect their liberties. Rousseau wished education to free the young from the unnatural constraints of a wicked and arbitrary social order. And among John Dewey's aims was to help the student function without certainty in a world of constant change and puzzling ambiguities.
What does technology have to do with finding a profound reason for educating the young?
Nothing.
Neil Postman: Deus Machina
TECHNOS QUARTERLY Winter, 1992
¡TÍA, NO TE SALTES EL EJE!
Premio Ex Aequo del Jurado a la Mejor Película de Ficción del Notodofilmfest 2007.
Director: Kike Narcea.
Dir. Fotografía: Francisco Parrilla.
Vestuario: Arturo Argüelles.
Montaje: Efraín Parrilla.
Int.: Mariam Hernández, Esther Rivas.
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By Phil Lord and Chris Miller
This was a fake commercial we made in 1998 for a series of educational shorts about action figures based on historical figures. Its educational value was somewhat suspect. It was never aired.
Toma feminismo de plástico duro.
Vía LPC.
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The Inspiration Pad by Marc Thomasset (and photographed by Marcel Veelo) put a smile on my face. Thumbs up! You can buy it here.
(thank you Nathalie)
La_Tabacalera_Toma-1 from JanDesmut on Vimeo.
Performance by Luis Muntion
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Volver a Madrid, volver a los medios. Qué cosas...
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Cartel del Circo Tabacalero.
http://ne-te-promene-donc-pas-toute-nue.tumblr.com
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Skateboardanimation from Tilles Singer on Vimeo.
Homenaje a culturaskate.org el mejor colectivo de La Tabcalera de Lavapiés.
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