Abstract
In 1933, Black Mountain College was established as an educational community, based on a liberal art program with a transforming aim, where the artistic and creative experience was the center of the learning process. An innovative educational project set up in North Carolina that became well-known for the different professionals of various fields that joined this college until it closed in 1957. A mythologized environment has been created around this college, where the leaders were the faculty and students involved, in a legacy that has placed in a secondary role women faculty and female students. This text has its origin in a personal research that has delved into the archives and tries to review the role of women in the fields of design and architecture. Women that collaborated actively and were committed in the sustainability of the educational program.
Highlights
El Black Mountain College representa uno de los grandes mitos de la educación norteamericana, principalmente por el listado de todas las figuras representativas de las distintas ramas de conocimiento –arte, humanidades y ciencia– que transitaron por este centro universitario
In 1933, Black Mountain College was established as an educational community, based on a liberal art program with a transforming aim, where the artistic and creative experience was the center of the learning process
A mythologized environment has been created around this college, where the leaders were the faculty and students involved, in a legacy that has placed in a secondary role women faculty and female students
Summary
El Black Mountain College representa uno de los grandes mitos de la educación norteamericana, principalmente por el listado de todas las figuras representativas de las distintas ramas de conocimiento –arte, humanidades y ciencia– que transitaron por este centro universitario. El Black Mountain College, en adelante BMC, fue una institución educativa fundada en 1933 que puede calificarse de transgresora y que fue consolidándose a lo largo de sus 24 años de existencia, como un foco creativo donde los participantes libremente proponían su programa y metodologías docentes. Al margen de las propuestas educativas que pretendían romper con lo establecido, apostando por la mezcla de la esfera académica con la personal para que afloraran las habilidades ocultas del estudiante y fomentar el espíritu crítico, en el ámbito social el college también jugó un papel decisivo. El BMC se consolidó como un lugar estratégico donde se articulaba el aprendizaje con la realidad artística del momento a lo largo de los años en los que estuvo operativo. Este trabajo pretende rescatar a aquellas mujeres que formaron parte de esta comunidad educativa en el ámbito del diseño y la arquitectura, con el objetivo de mostrar su implicación y contribución en esta aventura educativa
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