>While I'm all for correcting underrepresentation in this male-dominated
>field (where are you, Mark Darrall?) I'd like to see some *outstanding*
>people (of any gender, race, sexual orientation etc.) fill what seems to
>be a stunning leadership void
I surprised at you Professor Kaplan. This sounds a bit like
California-style affirmative action bashing doesn't it? Reward merit, not
race, or in this case, gender?
> I'll nominate John Young for the Deanship at Columbia.
Say what you will about Bernard Tschumi, by almost any standard his tenure
at Columbia has been marked by the most "outstanding leadership" in that
school's recent history. I would venture to say that the problem of
"un-outstanding leadership" may be endemic to the academy. Visionary
leadership and the comfortsof tenure make strange bedfellows. But the good
news is that many academies seem to be awakening to the problem of feeding
on themselves by promoting from within. Every day brings hopeful
announcements of surprising new appointees with promises (soto voce) for
broad institutional change. And, political correctness aside, jya is
right--many of them are "outstanding" women. IMHO.
mcanulty
>>The future of design and architecture and landscape and the environment
>resides in wily women who are taking key spots around the globe, take note
>gents. Watch the design leadership fill with outstanding women
>
>/Au contraire:
>
>watch the design leadership fill with un-outstanding women, just as it has
>been occupied for decades with un-outstanding men.
>
>While I'm all for correcting underrepresentation in this male-dominated
>field (where are you, Mark Darrall?) I'd like to see some *outstanding*
>people (of any gender, race, sexual orientation etc.) fill what seems to
>be a stunning leadership void. I'll nominate John Young for the Deanship
>at Columbia (where are you, Stephen Perella?)
>
>===================================
>Michael Kaplan
>Professor of Architecture
>University of Tennessee, Knoxville
>mkaplan@xxxxxxx
>field (where are you, Mark Darrall?) I'd like to see some *outstanding*
>people (of any gender, race, sexual orientation etc.) fill what seems to
>be a stunning leadership void
I surprised at you Professor Kaplan. This sounds a bit like
California-style affirmative action bashing doesn't it? Reward merit, not
race, or in this case, gender?
> I'll nominate John Young for the Deanship at Columbia.
Say what you will about Bernard Tschumi, by almost any standard his tenure
at Columbia has been marked by the most "outstanding leadership" in that
school's recent history. I would venture to say that the problem of
"un-outstanding leadership" may be endemic to the academy. Visionary
leadership and the comfortsof tenure make strange bedfellows. But the good
news is that many academies seem to be awakening to the problem of feeding
on themselves by promoting from within. Every day brings hopeful
announcements of surprising new appointees with promises (soto voce) for
broad institutional change. And, political correctness aside, jya is
right--many of them are "outstanding" women. IMHO.
mcanulty
>>The future of design and architecture and landscape and the environment
>resides in wily women who are taking key spots around the globe, take note
>gents. Watch the design leadership fill with outstanding women
>
>/Au contraire:
>
>watch the design leadership fill with un-outstanding women, just as it has
>been occupied for decades with un-outstanding men.
>
>While I'm all for correcting underrepresentation in this male-dominated
>field (where are you, Mark Darrall?) I'd like to see some *outstanding*
>people (of any gender, race, sexual orientation etc.) fill what seems to
>be a stunning leadership void. I'll nominate John Young for the Deanship
>at Columbia (where are you, Stephen Perella?)
>
>===================================
>Michael Kaplan
>Professor of Architecture
>University of Tennessee, Knoxville
>mkaplan@xxxxxxx