Tout le monde pense pouvoir répondre à cette question. Pourtant, chacun d’entre nous apporterait sans doute une réponse différente si la question lui était effectivement posée.
Car la réponse relève peut-être davantage de la subjectivité que de l’universel. A tout le moins, c’est l’avis de votre serviteur, sûrement pas l’avis de notre interviewée du jour.
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Aug 20
La culture est-elle un droit ?
Quand on proposa à Winston Churchill de couper dans le budget de la culture du Royaume-Uni pour alimenter l’effort de guerre il répondit “mais alors pourquoi se bat-on ? ”. La culture nous enrichit, la culture est un bien, la culture est un besoin… un besoin social, un vecteur d’ ... Show More
32m 45s
Aug 14
Faut-il interdire internet aux adolescents ?
En 1968, le slogan d’une jeunesse décomplexée était « il est interdit d’interdire ». Notre monde a changé depuis lors. Et pourtant la question des interdits adressés / imposés à la jeunesse se pose toujours, notamment en matière de communication, de réseaux sociaux, etc. Nous viv ... Show More
36m 50s
Mar 2023
What Does it Mean to be an Artist? [198]
This week, we're discussing what it means to be an artist. Renowned music producer Rick Rubin has written a book in which he argues that the artist is a conduit for creativity comes from source energy. Therefore, he says, the artist’s job is to open themselves up as much as possi ... Show More
58m 3s
Oct 2021
Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? - Tolstoy's Definition Of Art - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century philosopher and novelist Leo Tolstoy's book What Is Art?
It focuses specifically on the definition of Art that he provides in the work, construing it as a means of communion between people.
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16m 36s
Oct 2021
Alana Jelinek, "Between Discipline and a Hard Place: The Value of Contemporary Art" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Some fields have an easier time describing themselves than others. "History is the study of past events." "Biology is the study of living organisms." But art? Is art a discipline? Is it a practice? Who gets to answer this most fundamental of questions, and why do we prefer not to ... Show More
59m 14s
Apr 2022
What psychology has to say about art, with Ellen Winner, PhD
Art is universal – there has never been a human society without it. But we don’t always agree on what makes for good art, or even what makes something art at all. Ellen Winner, PhD, of Boston College, talks about how psychology can help answer the question “What is art?” why even ... Show More
42m 17s