Prof. Karen Maex and Elio Baldi at the award ceremony in 2019
Prof. Karen Maex and Elio Baldi at the award ceremony in 2019 - Elio Baldi, awarded UvA Lecturer of the Year in 2019, developed the Honours module 'Open' with his Carte Blanche. As of February 2022, the course is back on the curriculum. It's high time for a follow-up! Elio Baldi reminisces: "The Carte Blanche was a wonderful and very exciting prize for me. The range of possibilities that open up, just by using the words 'carte blanche', also carry responsibility and a challenge with them. So my thoughts went in many different directions, especially since it is an interdisciplinary module." Ultimately, Baldi was able to explore this interplay, between possibilities and limitations, disciplinary boundaries and interdisciplinary exploration, within the theme Open . The Honours module Open examines the idea and ideal of openness in different disciplines and across different parts of our society. What makes openness attractive? And why is it so difficult to actually be open in various areas? - Implicit structure.
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