October 20, 2008: we’ll let you know
Very interesting chat today about names and naming- as we found out that Digital Arts has been collapsed into a “pathway” in Visual Arts at Camberwell College of Arts. There was a bit of surprise and sadness and maybe a bit of indignation from my colleagues in our group.
I was reminded of Morrissey singing “I’m the last of the family line” from Kill Uncle. Then I also remembered the controversy around the last line from his sad lament from We’ll Let You Know, when he ends with “We are the last truly British people you will ever know”.
It is an interesting dilemma. You want a name that describes the field, acknowledges its history, but also resonates outside the university, and as many people have pointed out “naming is power”.