Cooperation between film schools in Europe in the XXI century
Date – 26th May
Venue – RITCS, Brussels
Objective – to promote discussion and refection on novel and emergent forms of cooperation between film schools in Europe in the XXI century.
Description:
Film schools have a long tradition in Europe tied to educational models of the conservatoires, which are, for the most part, still distinct from the wider academia. The focus on the elements of craft and art making results in an orientation that was, and still continues to be, practical, placing the master/disciple relationship at the heart of the educational process. In the last decades, these institutions have been under a great deal of pressure. The reforms of the Bologna process had far-reaching ramifications for these institutions by replacing some training regimes of flexible length with ones that could accommodate the ordered cycle of degrees proposed by the reform. Further faced with the need for European Standards compliance, namely those articulated in the “Dublin descriptors” of 2004 and more recently in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), many of these institutions started transforming themselves by engaging in a process of “academicisation”. This resulted in great tension between the original nature and focus of these institutions on professional-level training and the much wider mission to which academic institutions are nowadays ascribed. The result was that many film schools went through a period of turmoil that has greatly hindered their ability to build alliances or experiment with structural changes. Throughout this period, these institutions and many other programmes that have emerged inside universities based on similar educational models, have continued to pursue progressive pedagogical approaches supported by their special heritage, their pragmatic response to individual working methods, and their close connections to students and their work. Yet, many impediments to these HEI activities remain, like legal or institutional constraints that disallow the introduction of the subject as a self-sufficient element of a doctoral degree, or concerns over financial viability due to the costly nature of teaching, resulting in pressure for greater massification and a decrease in the intensive use of expensive state-of-the-art technologies. With the Brussels Leadership symposium, GEECT wishes to be at the forefront of the discussion on future and engaging forms of cooperation between schools. The symposium will include three areas of focus that will at the centre of three round tables to be held during the one-day event:Associations of HEI: benchmarks with associations in other sectors – how do they operate? Benefits to members?Pedagogical cooperation: what new challenges? I.e. Ai in higher educationEU instruments for cooperation: the ETGT and the European UniversitiesThe board provides a concept note on each topic and groups are organised to report on each topic
The objective is to produce a position paper on this topic to be taken to the Rome congress
09:30 RITCS doors open
10:00 Welcome note and objectives of the symposium
(Reinhilde Weyns, Director RITCS & Manuel Damásio, GEECT Chair)
PARTICIPANTS (physical):
10:30 The new EIT CCSI ICE KIC: opportunities for film schools:
Marta Materska-Samek, Interim Education Director EIT Culture&Creativity KIC
10:45 Case studies – 15 minutes each – Focus on International cooperation
between GEECT schools
The focus on sustainability in Nordicl– Anna Heiskanen, Aalto University & Maria Hedman Hvitfeldt, UniArts.
GEECT in the CILECT award over the years: facts and figures, Stanislav Semerdjiev, Executive Director, CILECT
Certification of green consultants – Tobias Frühmorgen, Lusófona University & Boris Michalski, HDM-Stuttgart
La Femis + GEECT: Use of Film in Film schools across Europe, Manuel José Damásio, GEECT
13:00 Lunch Break
13:30:15:15 Round tables
Topics for the round tables are (each participant only participates in one of the meetings):
– DOMAIN 1 – GOVERNANCE – what governance models for the future? Defining a roadmap for the future of GEECT/CILECT
– DOMAIN 2 – PEDAGOGY – Expanded pedagogies: foreseen futures
– DOMAIN 3 – TECHNOLOGY – Technology and future film education
15:15-17:00 – From ideas to action: turning the previous discussions into roadmaps for action (3 YEARS PERIOD) based on feedback from participants.
17:00 Closing and final remarks
19:00 Social gathering – Dinner – 10′ walk from school >
Social Restaurant:
let us know if you can join > mail at lisa.eeraerts@ehb.be
Where? RITCS – Rue A. Dansaert 70 – 1000 Brussels
Some Hotels in the neighbourhood:
- Atlas Hotel Brussels – Rue de Vieux Marche aux Grains 30
- We often use this hotel for staff exchanges, its 3 stars and a bit of the classic/generic hotel feeling
- ±1 min walk from Dansaert campus
- Meininger Hotel Bruxelles City Center – Quai du Hainaut 33
- Right across the canal, we often use this for student exchanges.
Somwhere between a hotel and hostel; it’s a young international crowd.- ±10 min walk from Dansaert campus
- Hôtel La Légende – Rue du Lombard 35
- Family-owned hotel in the city center
- ±9 min walk from Dansaert campus
- Other hotels in the area (±3 mins walking) are Hotel Ibis Bruxelles Centre-ville and Novotel Bruxelles City Center.
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