Stop the Cuts: Save Art History at La Trobe University

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   Name: Elisabeth Findlay on Jul 4, 2012

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   Name: Winthrop Professor Richard Read on Jul 4, 2012

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   Name: Joanna Mendelssohn on Jul 4, 2012

   Comments: It is a bit odd to see a university so eager to destroy its strengths (as a centre for the humanities) and to downgrade its international standing.

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   Name: Joanna Mendelssohn on Jul 4, 2012

   Comments: It is a bit odd to see a university so eager to destroy its strengths (as a centre for the humanities) and to downgrade its international standing.

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   Name: Judy Annear on Jul 4, 2012

   Comments: do not cut the future

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   Name: Veronica Tello on Jul 4, 2012

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   Name: A/Professor Catherine Speck on Jul 4, 2012

   Comments: Art History teaches visual skills integral to modern culture, and it is a foundational element of a humanities education. It must not be needlessly 'picked off' by economic rationalists.

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   Name: Dr. Kelly Dennis on Jul 4, 2012

   Comments: This is shocking news and a terrible decision. as a US professor of Art History, I have come to rely on innovative scholarship from Iz and think this is terribly misguided.

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   Name: Catherine De Lorenzo on Jul 4, 2012

   Comments: Why deprive students of an opportunity to undertake rigorous and enjoyable studies in art history, which can open their minds to patterns of creativity and context in their own culture as well as others'.

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    Name: Catherine De Lorenzo on Jul 4, 2012

    Comments: Why deprive students of an opportunity to undertake rigorous and enjoyable studies in art history, which can open their minds to patterns of creativity and context in their own culture as well as others'.

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    Name: Juliette Peers on Jul 4, 2012

    Comments: art history at La Trobe has a highly distinguished record of achievement over many decades and the discipline needs multiple centres of excellence in Australia to ferment live and challenging discourse. Richard Haese's Rebels and Precursors - a text from an academic long associated with La Trobe permanently expanded the understanding of Australian art of the 1930s and 1940s

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    Name: Susan Best on Jul 4, 2012

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    Name: Anthony Gardner on Jul 4, 2012

    Comments: Australia is currently producing some of the world's best and most ambitious art historians. Cutting La Trobe's art history program severely jeopardises Australia's extraordinary international standing in this discipline and the humanities more broadly.

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    Name: Katrina Grant on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Anthony White on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Robert Wellington on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Simon Soon on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Clare Veal on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Grace McQuilten on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: In a world saturated with images and visual stimuli, Art history teaches us to interpret and appreciate images, to think critically and deeply about the way information is conveyed, and to understand the historical context of contemporary visual culture. Let's champion and protect this important discipline.

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    Name: Catherine Thomson on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: I would like to questionwhat is happening at La Trobe University Art History. Are we still, in the 21st Century, suffering from a cultural cringe? This should not be happening. The cutback must be reversed.

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    Name: Felicity Harley-McGowan on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Rosemary Hawker on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Andrew McNamara on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: David R. Marshall on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Robin Nettleton on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: I am unable to comprehend this short sighted decison. La Trobe Art History Dept. has been at the pinnacle of such departments since its inception.

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    Name: Esther Theiler on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: To the Administrators: our argument is rational and reasonable. Please listen to us!

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    Name: Wendy J Dunn on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Nicola Beyfus on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: PLease allow this valuable subject to continue and allow humanities to flourish.

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    Name: Anonymous on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Dr Sally Butler on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: The discipline of Art History is part of Australia's cultural heritage and should be valued by any University in this country worthy of the University status.

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    Name: Alison Inglis on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: The La Trobe University art history program is one of which we are all proud. It does not make sense to discontinue a course that is extremely well taught by research active and established scholars and which is, importantly, cost effective.

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    Name: Pauline Vandenberg on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Pauline Vandenberg on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Darren Jorgensen on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: To whom it may concern Art history is the master discipline for the study of art in the world. If you axe it you keep La Trobe out of a high impact research area, and impair your university's potential to achieve international excellence. At our university as elsewhere art history maintains a steady stream of enrolments both undergraduate and postgraduate, a stream that will keep going for years to come. It does not experience the flux of other areas, making it possible to make long term plans incorporating its contribution to the university's research and teaching program. If you want out of the art history area, that's fine, and we look forward to seeing your students at our university. We also look forward to La Trobe's absence in one of the areas of research in which it is possible to achieve global impact. Farewell Darren Jorgensen Associate Professor and Discipline Chair History of Art University of Western Australia

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    Name: Elspeth Riggall on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Laetitia Wilson on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: A world in which people cease to learn about art is a sad world indeed.

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    Name: Glenys Adams on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Prue Ahrens on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Mark Pennings on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Sally Hodgson on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: I am a La Trobe Art History student and I am extremely distressed about the plan to abolish the Art History Department. Since beginning my studies in 2011, I have been exposed to the world of Art History and have discovered a great passion. In the process I have not only learn about art, but also about history, politics, and culture. What I have learnt from the Art History Department at La Trobe has had a profound impact on my life and my career aspirations and I was looking forward to pursuing post-graduate studies in Art History with La Trobe in the future. But half way through the first year the the Art History Major was offered again - the whole Department is to be eliminated!!! I signed up to do an Art History Major, so it seems very unfair, not to mention the effect of job losses and the amazing knowledge base that will be lost if the excellent Academics we have are made to leave. Art History is extremely important in learning about the world we live in. It is not a luxury but a necessity. I am doing all I can to garner support and will be directing people to this petition as well.

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    Name: Justine Grace on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Debora Webster-Bain on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: The history of the world and mans perception of that, is displayed in art. we struggle to get this generation to understand the lessons of history as it is..let alone another course being axed due to short sighted bureaucrats. Do not let yet another course be axed by these people!

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    Name: Sandra T Nicholson on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: The skills I gained in studying Art History, lateral thinking, looking beyond the obvious, thinking outside the square and many more, were invaluable in my career in the Justice space, a dynamic area with daily new challenges requiring innovative solutions. It is unthinkable that this great area of learning will not be available at La Trobe to future thinkers from all disciplines.

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    Name: Dr Suzanne McWha on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: Being a graduate of the art history/history department of La traobe I am also sending an independent objection with similar sentiment to this petition, Rgarrds Suzanne.

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    Name: Margaret B. Baulch on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Patricia Martin on Jul 5, 2012

    Comments: The decision to discontinue Art History at La Trobe is worse than false economy - it is a short-sighted move away from some of the vital elements of a true education. This is something that has stayed with me as a thoughtful, creative and enquiring Person, since I graduated back in 1981. Please restore the wonderful Art History Department and its fine work!

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    Name: Anonymous on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Kate MacNeill on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Sally Quin on Jul 5, 2012

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    Name: Wendy Haslem on Jul 5, 2012

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