I have two, two inch binders that contain information that I have been collecting since last August. Going through it, I have found things that sparked a lot of thoughts, as well as notes from conversations that I had with my now deceased thesis adviser. The hope that she inspired and envisioned is sort of astonishing to me. I know in the wake of her death that a lot of things changed; first my thesis advisor and then the direction of the program. I know the program that I entered and the program that the new class entered will not in anyway, be remotely the same. The vision of cross collaborations with other departments, using the Arts and Cultural Management program as a potential cross roads with departments who want to do exhibits or productions that need that backbone of structure, is now dust in the wind. I'm not saying that's good or bad; it is what it is.
I can see through my research collected that my focus when from a very narrow minded focus to a more oben and subjective topic that encompasses more without specifics. In the context of events that have happened since I began the research, their are obvious reasons why:
1) There is only so much that can be covered in a two year process.
2) I am not a business admin major, while forming a strategic plan is important and know what all of it means and how it comes together will help me as an administrator, it is more then likely that if I enter an arts institution that examines its strategic plan, it will be done by an outside entity.
3) My work is theory based. I began the thesis wanting it to be practice based, but I have learned (by force or light bulb) that this is entirely impossible. Being more theory based, however, has opened creative ideas that could potentially be implemented, but not in the foreseeable future of this project.
What I have also learned to date is that I am hyper susceptible to the RUT syndrome. Defined as... you get into a spot where you're comfortable, it may not be satisfying, but it's better then having to take a risk and lose it all. . .
I can see through my research collected that my focus when from a very narrow minded focus to a more oben and subjective topic that encompasses more without specifics. In the context of events that have happened since I began the research, their are obvious reasons why:
1) There is only so much that can be covered in a two year process.
2) I am not a business admin major, while forming a strategic plan is important and know what all of it means and how it comes together will help me as an administrator, it is more then likely that if I enter an arts institution that examines its strategic plan, it will be done by an outside entity.
3) My work is theory based. I began the thesis wanting it to be practice based, but I have learned (by force or light bulb) that this is entirely impossible. Being more theory based, however, has opened creative ideas that could potentially be implemented, but not in the foreseeable future of this project.
What I have also learned to date is that I am hyper susceptible to the RUT syndrome. Defined as... you get into a spot where you're comfortable, it may not be satisfying, but it's better then having to take a risk and lose it all. . .
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