The Negotiated Proposal
Image: ‘Catharsis’, 2000.
Title
The Negotiated Proposal
Date/s
2000
Location
Perth, Western Australia
Type
Recount
Author/s
Alexander Hayes
Abstract
The higher education fraternity is fraught with claims of impropriety, with its most staunch critics claiming that to monetise knowledge is surely the evilest manner in which to assert power over a paying public. After eight (8) years of higher education, the author and artist had arrived at an understanding that each dollar spent in pursuit of that goal - enduring wisdom - was probably best spent invested in systems and processes which provided an equal balance of reciprocal understanding. In this context, as an undergraduate student, Hayes was investing a large amount of money at one of the most economically pressing times of his life. This paper provides a historical account of the pursuit for a balanced return for investment notwithstanding the ensuing conflict and resolutions reached through pursuing justice and reaching a mutual and beneficial understanding.
Keywords
curriculum, pedagogy, art, communication, negotiation
Citation
Hayes, A. (2021) The Negotiated Proposal. figshare. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16863988.v1
