Comments on: Peter Garrett and the ANAM defunding debacle http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208053 Mark Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:10:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208053 Folks, I think I was going to substitute "apparent" for "partial" before waiting to hear from people closer to the action than the Australian. Let me just say I'm not surprised that it's a bit of a floparama - I think that was always clear between the lines but I thought it was maybe judicious to take the thing at face value initially and in an interim way before investigating further! Folks, I think I was going to substitute “apparent” for “partial” before waiting to hear from people closer to the action than the Australian. Let me just say I’m not surprised that it’s a bit of a floparama – I think that was always clear between the lines but I thought it was maybe judicious to take the thing at face value initially and in an interim way before investigating further!

]]> By: Alastair http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208052 Alastair Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:27:52 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208052 I'm sorry Mark, but that is no about face at all. He is still going ahead with the same plans. That he is not changing the name is just window dressing. The institution is going to undergo a radical transformation for the worse due to his actions. He is going to spend an uneccessary extra half a million dollars just to finance his stupidy. I’m sorry Mark, but that is no about face at all. He is still going ahead with the same plans. That he is not changing the name is just window dressing. The institution is going to undergo a radical transformation for the worse due to his actions. He is going to spend an uneccessary extra half a million dollars just to finance his stupidy.

]]> By: tim hollo http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208051 tim hollo Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:20:54 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208051 Mark @ 48, sorry to say, that's no about face, it's a slap in the face. I'm astounded at the fact that the Australian was successfully spun on something that, on the face of it and on their record, they should have slammed. The announcement on Friday was an acknowledgement that the Academy has a spectacular reputation for good reason. But instead of reversing the decision, he <a href="http://www.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/adding-insult-injury-garrett-steals-national-academys-name" rel="nofollow">appropriated the name for his new institution</a>. Mark @ 48, sorry to say, that’s no about face, it’s a slap in the face. I’m astounded at the fact that the Australian was successfully spun on something that, on the face of it and on their record, they should have slammed.

The announcement on Friday was an acknowledgement that the Academy has a spectacular reputation for good reason. But instead of reversing the decision, he appropriated the name for his new institution.

]]> By: Paul Burns http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208050 Paul Burns Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:59:36 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208050 Like the giant squid falsely alleged to have eaten the crew of the Marie Celeste? Seems they like eating Xtans. Like the giant squid falsely alleged to have eaten the crew of the Marie Celeste?
Seems they like eating Xtans.

]]> By: Adrien http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208049 Adrien Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:55:39 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208049 Probably a bit hard to chew on two with all those jerky movements. . Reminds me of a Bond film, I forget which. The bad guy feeds Felix Leichter to a shark, a bit. He lives. There's a sign next to him when Bond finds him, says: He disagreed with something that ate him? Probably a bit hard to chew on two with all those jerky movements.
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Reminds me of a Bond film, I forget which. The bad guy feeds Felix Leichter to a shark, a bit. He lives. There’s a sign next to him when Bond finds him, says: He disagreed with something that ate him?

]]> By: Fine http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208048 Fine Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:44:35 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208048 Too good for him, Adrien. Too good for him, Adrien.

]]> By: Adrien http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208047 Adrien Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:08:23 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208047 If we can't agree on the conflict of elite and popular art forms and the appropriate allocation of public patronage can we at least agree that Peter Garrett should be fed to something that lives in the deep sea? If we can’t agree on the conflict of elite and popular art forms and the appropriate allocation of public patronage can we at least agree that Peter Garrett should be fed to something that lives in the deep sea?

]]> By: mckenzie http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208046 mckenzie Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:15:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208046 Elite music should stand or fail on its own terms, just as other forms of music do. GOOD music endures through the centuries because enough people enjoy it for it to survive. Opera, ballet, classical music have had to supported through the centuries (in previous times, supported by royal sponsors) because the average person doesn't give a toss about them. As to their influence/importance culturally, I'm also dubious. I don't see that any of these genres have particularly shaped my cultural landscape (and I'm a relatively cultured person). If art is genuinely important then it survives on its own merits. Elite music should stand or fail on its own terms, just as other forms of music do.

GOOD music endures through the centuries because enough people enjoy it for it to survive.

Opera, ballet, classical music have had to supported through the centuries (in previous times, supported by royal sponsors) because the average person doesn’t give a toss about them.

As to their influence/importance culturally, I’m also dubious. I don’t see that any of these genres have particularly shaped my cultural landscape (and I’m a relatively cultured person).

If art is genuinely important then it survives on its own merits.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208045 Mark Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:05:49 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208045 <b>Update</b>: There's been a partial <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24723363-16947,00.html" rel="nofollow">about face</a> from Garrett with ANAM now to keep its name and receive half a million dollars of transitional funding but still be transferred to Melbourne University. Update: There’s been a partial about face from Garrett with ANAM now to keep its name and receive half a million dollars of transitional funding but still be transferred to Melbourne University.

]]> By: Paul Burns http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208044 Paul Burns Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:01:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/11/27/peter-garrett-and-the-anam-defunding-debacle/#comment-208044 Reports in the press garrett has been forced to back down because of public protest, or am I imagining it? Reports in the press garrett has been forced to back down because of public protest, or am I imagining it?

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