Nico Carlucci
dedicated to David, a student of Chemistry at
Perugia and movement of 'Wave
The school and the University are protesting. But today, it still makes sense to talk about education in Italy? "Education", what an ugly word, that governments, educationalists and trade unions have made to turn blank. Education for whom and for what? Individual? Mass? Education for All?
I only know that it still does not change anything both in terms of disciplines and on that of the "multitude."
They say the world is plural and indeterminate. E 'right. But those in power really believe? Maybe not! And where does the global? What is this oscillation between the "local" and the plurality of meanings?
Consider, for example, our academic qualifications. In
'era of globalization is to their equivalence to foreign disregarding the Italian culture and its "diversity" in history. Equivalence of what? Perhaps even of 'height, cutting hair, diplomas, in fact, languages, values? But we do not live in the uniqueness of who is a person? Because the powers are trying to make "Similar" denying it, the freedom of what is "other"?
From what you have configured the new degree courses, first-and second-level degree programs and specialized PhD studies showed they did not understand the "we" and "other", Italy and the Anglo-Saxon world in which you want to look at all costs.
As a result, we must acknowledge that there is in the "Bel Paese" a degree or specialist, for example, in Philosophy. seems strange, but true. These are called to remember more of the routes and scholarships: History of Philosophy, Philosophical Sciences, Philosophy studies and theory and criticism and so on. None of this in America, the true point of reference for the reform of Italian university, as I said.
In the U.S. Masters and Ph.D. in Philosophy are Masters and Ph.D. in Philosophy stop. And 'the student who has been admitted to its courses, will choose his field of study "original." Now look at
PhDs who are born in the 80's. But with the graduation of our old system we were not doctors? Today who is a doctor? All, not to offend anyone, just graduated in the confusion of orders and degrees that are "offered" for the formation
(of students' Onda justifiably demand the abolition the formula 3 +2).
To remain in the PhD (this was done even before the debate-"defense" of the thesis) have been invented so many conditions and "securities" which have no correspondence with those abroad. Let us be clear. In America after the master decides to do, for example, a Ph.D. in Anthropology . This is a Ph.d in Antropololgia . Here in Italy, it becomes, instead, a Ph.D. in anthropology and epistemology of complex societies, anthropology of contemporary, etc.. Where 'equivalence?
In fact, with quieted flowering of university courses, bachelor, master tier and second tier of research doctorates from the most diverse and "special" are created, in fact, for some materials and teaching through the multiplication of the entries and "addresses". The powers and "barons" take over, creating an autonomous and, paradoxically, not "equivalent".
In the factory of diplomas, PhDs and do not become a "style" of the academic powers in the fashion of the moment. Later History will say that latter 'was finally passed because the cultural climate has changed and the power to re-establish himself.
