Why Theory?

• Main Authors: Dawson, Ben, Kirn, Gal, Sami Khatib, Tomšič, Samo, e.V., Jan van Eyck Alumni Association
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: ICI Berlin 2013
• Subjects: Bianchi; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25620/e130715; https://oa.ici-berlin.org/files/original/10.25620_e130715/Events_14916_600x450.jpg; https://www.ici-berlin.org/events/why-theory/

In times when norms of commerce and technology seem to pervade all activities, the example of the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht stands out. Until its recent entrepreneurial recasting under austerity measures, the Academie had been a site of encounters which had surpassed the sterile confines o...