jan
Instrumentalism, whether progressive or bureaucratic, spells the death of enchantment, and the latter’s coarse business model of culture can easily accommodate the former’s narcissistic sensitivities.
—Patrick Curry, Art and Enchantment: How Wonder Works #instrumentalism
Aug 23, 2023 at 5:06amWeb
Show threadNathalie TaslerAug 23, 2023
@jan you know this quote just made me realise something. In Higher Education everything is constructive alignment and Bloom's taxonomy (insert loud eyeroll here) and I couldn't figure out why I have for over 20 years such a vsiceral reaction against both concepts.
Fundamentally these remove enchantment from learning, they instrumentalise the process into a linear articifically parceled thing. That doesn't allow for the unknown, unpredicted, serendipitous which imo are at the core of learning
Show threadjanAug 23, 2023
@drntasler Yes, “instrumentalise the process into a linear articifically parceled thing” and you remove enchantment (and kill aliveness).
Show threadNathalie TaslerAug 23, 2023

@jan I was never able to clearly phrase my aversion until now. So thank you for a Wednesday morning A-ha moment.

Now what to do about it?