May 14, 2008 Marjut Haussila marjut.haussila@oulu.fi

1. OpinTori – Oulu University“The true, the beautiful, and the good”: sense, knowledge and innovation as institutional challenges May 14, 2008 Marjut Haussila marjut.haussila@oulu.fi

2. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University A sense of connectedness by means of TECHNOLOGY C • mediatization U • economic integration L • networks of production T • strategies of consumption U R BIOLOGYE • our human make up Marjut Haussila

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4. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University ”Imagine a world, where everybody has a free access to all knowledge. We are committed to creating such a world.” Teemu Leinonen/Wikimedia Foundation Suomen Kuvalehti May 9, 2008 Marjut Haussila

5. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University Ethical considerations boil down to exploring • what is desirable or how people think the world ought to be • what is desired or what people want for themselves (Hofstede 1991) Marjut Haussila

6. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University Criticism  dialogical dynamism • posing questions • suggesting encounters that emerge as dilemmas • subverting the obvious and the canonical • revealing incongruities Marjut Haussila

7. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University • negotiations about gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or just brute force can contribute to the goal of a richer democratic world • the objective is to achieve not unanimity, but more consciousness, which implies more diversity • antidotes to the taken for granted are provided by narrative strategies of contrast, confrontation and metacognition (Bruner 1996) Marjut Haussila

8. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University • conceiving differences as allies of education, rather than encumbrances • gaining a deeper understanding of significant themes and topics • having an embodied sense of what it means and how it feels to understand (Gardner 1999) Marjut Haussila

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10. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University Jazz group as an image of the good life • each member is free to express herself with musical wits, listening to others and adhering to the acquired cultural resources • resulting musical substance comes from the free musical expression of each member acting as the basis for the free expression of the others • as each player grows more musically eloquent, the others draw inspiration from this and are spurred to greater heights • no conflict exists between freedom and the good of the whole, yet the image is the reverse of the totalitarian” • when we act in this way, we realize our natures at their finest. (Eagleton 2007) Marjut Haussila

11. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University ”Rattle turned Beethoven into a wild jazz party” ”Moments of rupture and controlled details alternated in the concert of the Berlin Phiharmonics” Hannu-Ilari Lampila Helsingin Sanomat May 7, 2008 Marjut Haussila

12. OpinTori - Oulu University Jazz • a medium based on an infinite art of improvisation • a community that cuts across boundaries defined by age, class, vocation and ethnicity • emphasis on learning instead of teaching • accomodation of change from within and without (Berliner 1994) Marjut Haussila

13. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University Cultivating the soloist’s skills of being at it • from imitation to assimilation to innovation • developing sound • conversing with the piece by elaborating what the structure suggests • thinking while moving, maintaining the motion, juxtaposing ideas • replenishing emotional reserves, • confronting almost limitless challenges Marjut Haussila

14. OpinTori - Oulu University Through collective aspects to magical moments • give and take to refashion the structure • striking the groove by manipulating musical elements to lock in together • creating, listening, evaluating to conceive through group interaction • aspiring “a beautiful, floating feeling that is hard to describe in words” Marjut Haussila

15. OpinTori - Oulu University A post-conference seminar of the 2nd International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Conference in Tampere in June 2006 in which an arts related symposium was organized Marjut Haussila

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19. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University Two musicians/educators returned in fall to work in Oulu together with eight music education students for two days to rehearse a program for the closing dinner of the South African Cultural Week organized by South African embassy at the cultural center Caisa in Helsinki Marjut Haussila

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22. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University ‘Striking a groove’ Bringing in impure elements Trusting others Doing the best one can Transcending (Berliner 1994) Marjut Haussila

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26. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University “SA project was most rich in terms of experience, quite unique. One rarely encounters similar opportunities, so I am really happy that I decided to join and got in. From the tightly packed sessions one learned a lot. The project supported one’s knowledge of the cultures of different countries, and it provided us with understandings and means to deal with ethnic kind of musics.” A student evaluation Marjut Haussila

27. OpinTori 2008 - Oulu University Exemplary practice can be applied to • The content and methods of various teacher education programs • Studies amd practical applications of leadership, management and organizations • Extra-curricular activities Marjut Haussila

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