La Universidad como alborotadora

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Este artículo comienza considerando las afirmaciones de que, en muchos aspectos, el sector universitario tiene problemas y que hay una variedad de posibles razones para que se dé esta circunstancia. Basándose en las nociones etimológicas de la palabra inglesa «trouble» (problema o dificultad), el artículo sugiere que podemos situar la universidad de forma muy diferente: podemos verla no como una institución con problemas, sino más bien como un lugar que crea problemas y que agita la mente. Es una alborotadora. Sostiene que la universidad es, ipso facto, un lugar para la agitación y la perturbación de las mentes de tres maneras distintas. En primer lugar, partiendo de la idea del filósofo estadounidense Stanley Cavell sobre la expresión apasionada, considera el lugar donde se imparten las clases magistrales y explora cómo, en el encuentro de esta forma pedagógica, la universidad es una alborotadora. En segundo lugar, apoyándose en las ideas de Cavell sobre la invitación al diálogo, el artículo ofrece un relato extenso de la universidad cívica y, al hacerlo, muestra cómo esta institución es una alborotadora política. En tercer lugar, se basa en la evocadora novela de John Williams, Stoner (1965), para demostrar cómo, a través de las relaciones entre el profesor y el alumno, la universidad puede ser vista como una institución que alborota a las personas. El artículo concluye con el esbozo de dos relatos influyentes sobre la manera en que los académicos y los alumnos pueden sobrevivir y prosperar en la universidad, dadas las presiones cada vez más evidentes en el sector. Muestra que ambas cuestiones son problemáticas, y que la esperanza para la universidad, y para la reimaginación de su propósito como alborotadora, puede encontrarse en la propia cotidianidad de las formas en que hablamos entre nosotros.
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