Art Community, Social Movements: A series of conversations: Amir Maziar

24 March 2023
Amir Maziar is a Faculty member at Tehran Art University in the Philosophy of Art Department. It was in the middle of February that he received his suspension order for "attempting to disturb the educational process of the university" and he was banned from all educational and research areas until the hearing in the competent centers. The suspension of professors, the pressure to sign affidavits and force them to retire early, was a wave that started in universities and educational research institutions in recent months; A process that raises the question of what is the position of the university, especially the university of art, in relation to the society and what is the role and duty defined for this institution? For this reason, in this conversation, we will get to know Amir Maziar's views and opinions about the role-playing of Iranian art universities and the approach of the university and other art institutions in recent movements.

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