Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interdisciplinary art-science curriculum


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was delete. Sr13 06:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Interdisciplinary art-science curriculum

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Captain Panda's PROD got bulldozed by the author. There's a likely conflict of interest and a clear violation of WP:NOR. Yechiel Man 03:47, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete An Essay, could be considered OR, and frankly, I was left wondering why this is even important. This concept has no asserted notability. Resolute 04:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I read this article... and I couldn't parse out any useful information from there that wasn't already implied in the title. The original version was written as an attempt at constructing some sort of academic forum for developing interdisciplinary art-science curricula; while this is a commendable goal, it's not related to our task of writing an encyclopedia. While the current version attempts to be encyclopedic, all it says is that these interdisciplinary curricula exist - not anything about them. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 04:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 08:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Resolute. JJL 14:40, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as not yet ready for prime time. Otherwise, it's in the same category as Writing across the curriculum -- a nice acedemic idea, but still at theWP:OR phase. Bearian 00:13, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I misspelled academic.Bearian 00:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia needs an article on Interdisciplinary education, which has been around at least since the 1970s (I couldn't find one, maybe I need to try a different title), but no need for an essay specifically about art-science. Capmango 02:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Capmango. John Vandenberg 02:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I submitted this article. My apologies for unintentionally "bulldozing" Captain Panda's PROD, but I misunderstood the instructions that state "REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS."  It's very true that there is little scholarly research on interdisciplinary art-science curriculum, which is why a Wiki on this topic is so important.  My own essay, "Artists in Industry and the Academy," published in the peer-reviewed journal, "Leonardo", begins to define some of the contours of graduate studies emerging in this subject, including Ph.D. programs at Georgia Tech, U Wash, UC Santa Barbara, and Arizona State to name a few in the US.  UCSB and ASU received IGERT grants to support their students.  As a member of the Program Committee and Chair of the Education panel at the recent Creativity and Cognition conference in Washington, D.C. (June 13-15, 2007) it is clear to me that interdisciplinary pedagogies at the nexus of art and science are emerging internationally and that scholarship is beginning to emerge that specifically addresses curriculum, such as "Propagating Collaboration: An Instructional Methodology for Artists and Engineers" by Elif Ayiter, Selim Balcisoy, Murat Germen and Selcuk Artut at Sabanaci University in Istanbul, Turkey. This is notable and demands not only more research but greater public recognition.  Moreover, it should not be diluted within the context of general interdisciplinary education or integrative learning, which could include joining social studies and science for seventh graders.  Finally, it's unclear to me what it means for sociable media content to be "ready for prime-time"; indeed, such a concept could be considered to be antithetical to the very concept of sociable media.  By supporting this article, Wikipedia will help the community engaged in developing and defining art-science curriculum to collectively define and share this field with the broader Web.  Please note that I've expanded the entry to include lists and links of PhD and MA programs.


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