There is a discussion on in-enaction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
about architectural education in the context of
CoA-AICTE imbroglio. See archive - December. A
collaborative area with a first draft is underway and
hopefully more people will use it. I'd posted the
following a while ago, forgot to copy it.
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> Subject: Re: [in-enaction] Reassessing regulation
> (white paper)
> From: "Architexturez Enaction"
> <enaction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, December 28, 2003 11:17 am
> To: "Concerned about habitat and the
> professions."
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> I am delighted about the last couple of mails. I am
> not presuming to
> interfere in a discussion about architectural
> profession. This is only for
> two things - one short request and two longish
> comments, only about
> starting premises.
>
> Request. Please find a term other than white paper.
> That rings of
> presumption to wipe the slate clean without
> accounting for our messy
> chalking. And it is currently very pop great
> governance instrument for
> sweeping failures under the carpet as well as for
> quackery.
>
> Comments.
> One, I think minima-maxima conflict between
> sub-system objectives (of
> licensing and education in this case) should not be
> the key
> starting-premise for discussion about the system.
>
> The conflict is illusory. The fact is that neither
> objective is
> contributing to system goal (in this case CoA's
> statutory purpose) on
> account of dis-connect. A profession can't
> simultaneously glorify in name
> of
> excellence-pursuing education and take action in
> public interest against
> sub-standard (even illegal) professional work,
> professional corruption,
> quackery, obfuscating of professional work as
> participatory work, etc, via
> some minimum licensing regime for practice. There is
> no doubt that
> excellence is for professionals to mind. There is
> also no doubt that we
> cannot afford to have what is only dis-connect
> growing into real conflict
> between some peer control in name of minding
> excellence and statutory
> processes for minding the profession in public
> interest.
>
> Two, I see AICTE-CoA imbroglio as just opportunity
> (no crisis at all). It
> is useful entry point for discourse about the real
> crisis, but unworthy
> starting point or central peg for it.
>
> For years I've nagged young professionals to seize
> such opportunities.
> Most have not, some have, at times effectively. I
> personally think just
> numbers can't count and a different discourse can't
> be built out of the
> existing one. That assessment (no, it is not
> cynicism) apart, I know any
> numbers for any discourse are hard to come by. It is
> very quiet out there.
> Anyone diagnosed the silence? Is it the silence
> before the storm awaiting
> a process (and I wish it is that, which is why I am
> delighted at what Prem
> and Anand are suggesting)? Or is it the silence of
> those who have nothing
> to say? In any case, can we accept that a big part
> of the real crisis
> facing the profession is of repeatedly missed
> opportunities to heal itself
> and of the growing silence - one leading to the
> other? If we do, then we
> must also accept not only that management of
> so-called crises should not
> deepen this real crisis but also that we all badly
> need a 'win'. I suggest
> that while building a network of discourse bear in
> mind that the bigger
> the process the greater the damage it can do by
> failing, so what comes out
> of it is important. It might just help to privilege
> introspection over
> ab-initio idea-building.
>
>
> PS
> I am copying this to other lists. Prem, Anand, I
> could put you on the one
> re SPA enquiry [didn't really take off and so has
> only my prose, etc] if
> you want to check if anything on it connects
>
> PPS
> By the way, an eminent architect had today an
> exhibition of his excellent
> work. Is that not against minimum licensing
> standards that disallow
> advertising?
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