{"id":1219,"date":"2025-04-24T17:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:35:24","slug":"book-who-can-afford-to-be-critical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa-creativetechnologies.uk\/kb4n24\/book-who-can-afford-to-be-critical\/","title":{"rendered":"Book &#8211; Who Can Afford To Be Critical?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Reflections:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>A book which has come out of Matos&#8217;s studies in graphic design and art. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a critical look at the philosophies of the art institution where they studied which preaches that students should look to make a difference in the world using their design skills <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It talks about the obvious and very real limitations of design in the face of needing to have a job that allows you to live and eat and the contradictions between what you are taught and this reality <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It ends with a suggestion that there are ways to create change with art and design, but perhaps it is a small thing that we can do as part of a bigger community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It doesn&#8217;t offer a neat solution and also is aware of the limitations of the book&#8217;s thesis as they have benefited from financial privilege that allowed them the time to write it <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I think it is a reminder for me that I will need to be realistic about how much social change I will be able to make with the skills I am learning and that I too will have to work through the fact that I will just need a job that pays the bills and that this may cause some conflict with my ability to have an &#8216;authentic&#8217; creative practice&#8230; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Matos, A. (2022)&nbsp;<em>Who Can Afford to Be Critical?<\/em>&nbsp;Set Margins\u2019 Publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflections: Reference: Matos, A. 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