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The snafu around President Lariviere’s ‘firing’ has given rise to an emergency meeting of UO statutory faculty on Wednesday, and I will attend that meeting—so we’ll not have class on 11/30. I encourage all of you to follow the story and get as much information as possible. The blog “uomatters” offers info and perspectives, as does the UO Faculty Senate page. And for those of you wishing to watch the OUS board meeting in Portland this afternoon, here is a link to the live streaming.
Besides missing our opportunity to share field guide projects this Wednesday, we’ll also miss out on the visit by Vijay Iyer. Over the weekend, I received a few links to articles he had written in the past years that he felt connected themes in our course. One of them (here) is about defining a creative space (in this case, jazz) amidst economic uncertainty and a possible glut of practitioners. As I read it, I found many parallels to issues we’ve been discussing all term, and thought about substituting “arts administration” for “jazz” in his piece. The other piece is about arts participation, economic ecology, and social networking…again, quite in-line with things we’ve been working through this term. Read it here.
And don’t forget about the teach-in scheduled for noon on Tuesday (11/29) in the EMU ampitheater, as this should be a great opportunity for the UO community to generate common understanding about the complicated situation surrounding President Lariviere.
Related articles
- We Stand With The Hat (oregonianatheart.wordpress.com)
- Reaction to OU ouster grows; Deans send board a letter of protest in Lariviere firing (bendbulletin.com)
- OU ouster upsets local lawmakers; Support for president Lariviere after the board decides not to renew his contract (bendbulletin.com)
