{"id":2728,"date":"2018-05-09T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:27:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T14:27:10","slug":"2728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"OU module at centre of new book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture.png 1447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This new book,<em> The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture\u00a0<\/em>explores the Open University as a critical point of convergence between mass media and mass education.<\/p>\n<p>The book\u00a0focuses on the module (course) A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939, as a reference point for current discourse on open-source and online educational models.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture2-1.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1426\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture2-1.png 1426w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture2-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture2-1-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/History-of-the-OU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture2-1-1024x722.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1426px) 100vw, 1426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Different aspects of A305\u00a0are analysed and\u00a0there are conversations between Joaquim Moreno (who curated an\u00a0exhibition &#8216;The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture&#8217;) and central figures involved in the creation and production of the course. These are Stephen Bayley, (interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9VtEL-_TWXo\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.youtube.com');\">here<\/a>) Tim Benton, Adrian Forty, Nick Levinson, and Joseph Rykwert. There are also essays that frame broader questions of architectural historiography, media history, and the pedagogical and political circumstances of the period. These are\u00a0by Joaquim Moren0 who has previously considered A305, see <a href=\"http:\/\/radical-pedagogies.com\/search-cases\/e24-british-open-university\/\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/radical-pedagogies.com');\">here<\/a>. On the exhibition see\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamideamachine.com\/en\/?p=31021\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.dreamideamachine.com');\">here<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CCAchannel\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.youtube.com');\">here<\/a>. It is reviewed as an\u00a0&#8216;alternative history of the modern movement&#8217;,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianarchitect.com\/features\/architecture-masses-open-university-cca\/\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.canadianarchitect.com');\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The A305 Course Chair recalled that the teaching materials included<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a024 television programmes, 32 radio programmes and a Radiovision <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/arts\/design-history-conference\/sites\/www.open.ac.uk.arts.design-history-conference\/files\/files\/40-years-on-abstracts.pdf\" >Booklet<\/a>. He has assessed the course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fzTZmT2hwOM&amp;vl=en\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.youtube.com');\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openartsarchive.org\/people\/tim-benton\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.openartsarchive.org');\">here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The book\u00a0is a co-publication with Jap Sam Books, designed by Jonathan Hares (Lausanne and London).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new book, The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture\u00a0explores the Open University as a critical point of convergence between mass media and mass education. The book\u00a0focuses on the module (course) A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939, as a reference point for current discourse on open-source and online educational models. 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