I recently published this journalistic piece in a forum called The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/a-farewell-to-arts-on-philosophy-arc-funding-and-waste-19064
It's been getting quite a bit of interest so I thought I'd post it here as well. Australia seems to have an annual debate about Arts funding -- around the time when the Australian Research Council Grants are advertised. It is usually a debate between people who think all arts funding is a "waste" of public money, and academics who defend themselves from attack by claiming everything they do is important. In this paper I try to steer between the Scylla and Charybdis of the following propositions: P: "All Arts Funding is wasteful (not necessary) and Not P: "All Arts Funding is not wasteful (necessary).
I'd appreciate any comments you have.
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