First thesis of Master's Degree in programs of study of MUN commissariat
Dailey Fernández, a graduate of the first graduating class, has defended a work on participatory practices in modern and contemporary art.
The Master's Degree in programs of study of MUN Curatorship has taken another step in its journey: graduate Dailey Fernandez has been the first to reach the Degree of doctor at the University. The thesis , entitled "El fenómeno de la participación como problema social y estético en el ámbito Iberoamericano. A case study of the Comunidad Foral de Navarra", was supported by Fundación Caja Navarra.
Directed by Master's Degree professors LourdesFlamarique and Nieves Acedo, the work addresses the participation of the public in modern and contemporary art. It studies the origin and evolution of this condition of art in the context of Latin America and Spain. It also focuses on the cultural environment of Navarre, from the 1972 Pamplona Encounters to the present day.
The new doctor speaks of "the current relevance of topic of participation, as the axis of cultural and institutional policies", and also as the purpose of many contemporary artistic practices, "which seek to offer a meaningful aesthetic experience to the spectator or audience involved".
Nieves Acedo, director of Master's Degree and co-director of this thesis values it as "a deep work , which has tried not only to propose a map and a narrative of participatory art practices, but has sought to place them in the theoretical framework of the modern ideal of participation-action, and show its dynamism in the territories studied (Iberian Peninsula, Latin America and the Caribbean), in multiple and bidirectional connection with the history of participatory art in northern Europe and America".
Dailey Fernández explains that her time at Master's Degree at programs of study in Curatorial Studies at MUN helped her define her interests in the curatorial field, as well as the topic of research to which she has dedicated herself. Also "to have a deeper look at the current art system".
Regarding the value for an art world professional of doing a doctoral thesis , he comments that the contributions are multiple: it allows to delve into topics of interest and current affairs of the art world, to know the ins and outs of issues that cross their lines of work, to question and rethink the practices of the profession and the field, as well as to meet artists, critics, curators or managers linked to topic of research.
Dailey Fernández holds a degree in Art History from the University of Havana. In her years as a predoctoral fellow, she has taught class at the Master's Degree Curatorial , at partnership with curator and critic Gerardo Mosquera, at subject "The role of art in the political community".