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Guidelines regarding freedom of expression and creation at this time

Published on
30.10.23

Freedom of expression and creation is a condition for the teaching and learning processes at Bezalel, and its realization requires a safe space for trial and error and mistakes. The professional and personal development processes of students include situations of personal exposure, vulnerability, and processing raw thoughts and feelings, and therefore require a feeling of protection. Bezalel works to maintain this feeling amongst its members and its community, so that each and every one will have an equal opportunity to develop and become established as an active creator in society.

Bezalel is an inclusive academic space that reflects the social and political diversity of Israeli society. The academy brings together the realities of life, different identities, and complex and contradictory worldviews. Despite the tensions and conflicts that may arise in meetings, classes, and other spaces in the academy, the diversity of populations and opinions at Bezalel is a condition for significant creative and learning processes, and for Bezalel's central contribution to intellectual life, culture and creativity in Israel.

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