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Universitetsavisen 10.02 københavns universitet SENUNIVUniversitetsERSITETAE avisen VI- 10 13 06 02 Marys kamp for menneskeretten FOTO: SCANPIX Sonningprisen 2002 går til Mary Robinson, FN’s høj- Ud af busken En gruppe undervisere på Naturvidenskab har kommissær for menneske- fundet sammen for at udvikle deres under- visning. Flere midler og merit til god rettigheder. I sine fem år på pædagogik kan mindske frafald. posten har hun formået at LÆS TEMA OM DIDAKTIK SIDE 4-7 øge verdens opmærksomhed FOTO: SØREN HARTVIG om menneskerettigheder. Territorial dynamik Universitetsavisen har mødt – hvorfra, hvorhen? I løbet af relativt få år vokser det internationale den tidligere irske præsident samarbejde i ukendte dimensioner og til uvante højder, fremmede folkeslag melder sig ved som får prisen på onsdag i grænsen, og hvor vi tidligere sejlede fra ø til ø med DSB’s rød-hvide skorstensfarver der altid kunne minde os om nationalstaten, ser vi nu kun festsalen på Frue Plads reklamebureauernes territorieløse logoer LÆS SIDE 8-9 LÆS VIDENSKABET SIDE 10-11 FOTO: POLFOTO 2 Universitetsavisen 10 . 2002 Respekt! Det er absolut forkert at op mod 6.000 civile blev dræbt under de frygtelige begivenheder den 11. september, men vi må også i samme grad have respekt for de civile i Afghanistan.« Mary Robinson om USA’s bombninger i Afghanistan. KU NOTER ▼ KUMMENTAR Sidste chance Af Linda Nielsen, rektor NYE KORT: Hvis du ikke allerede har returneret den tilsendte id- kortblanket, skal du gøre det snarest muligt. Københavns Uni- Sonningprisen versitet indfører fra 1. september et nyt id-kort for alle studerende og ansatte. På det nye id-kort skal dit billede og underskrift fremgå. nsdag den 19. juni 2002 overrækker Køben- et er dejligt at kunne markere Universitetets rol- Husk at vedlægge billede. Husk havns Universitet Sonningprisen til FN’s Dle som kulturinstitution med denne begivenhed. også at der ikke må klippes i blan- Ohøjkommissær for menneskerettigheder, Netop fordi holdninger og værdier ikke kan påbe- ketten. Mary Robinson. råbe sig samme slags sandhed som de strikte viden- Læs mere om id-kortet på www.ku.dk/idkort. Det sker om eftermiddagen i Universitetets festsal, skabelige indsigter, er det vigtigt at Universitetet og om aftenen er der middag for æresgæsten. Dagen som institution, som skaber og formidler af viden- ÅRSKORTFORNYELSE: Dit årskort skal også fornyes nu. Fristen er 15. juli efter flyver Mary Robinson tilbage til Genève for at skabelige sandheder, også tør tilkendegive nogle 2002. Du kan forny dit årskort via www.punkt.ku.dk, ved at ringe fra en tryk- fortsætte sit vigtige arbejde. holdninger og værdier som vi mener skal gælde når knaptelefon til tlf. 4695 9547 eller ved at sende en sms med dit cpr.nr. og din de videnskabelige sandheder skal anvendes. pinkode til 2524 6700. Husk alle 10 cifre i dit cpr.nr. og alle fire cifre i din ermed markerer vi at Universitetet er andet og Det er kombinationen af videnskab og holdninger pinkode. De to numre skal adskilles af et mellemrum. Du kan ikke give be- Hmere end en læreanstalt hvor der forskes og ud- der er det afgørende. Det er godt at være rig på vi- sked om andet end fornyelse via telefon eller sms. dannes. Universitetet er også en kulturinstitution, denskabelig viden, men er man fattig på værdier og en aktør i samfundsudviklingen, en markør for nog- holdninger, lurer nogle af de største farer ved den le grundlæggende værdier. videnskabsorienterede tid vi lever i. Det er måske Ikke kun en institution der på basis af videnskabe- den fare der hentydes til fra politisk hold når vi ad- Farvel til boglader lige og faglige indsigter udreder facts og fremlægger vares imod at lytte for meget til eksperterne. komplicerede sammenhænge, men en institution Men advarslen får en forkert drejning når den NAVNESKIFT: 15. juni ophører to af bogladerne på Københavns Universitet der bidrager til at udbrede holdninger og værdier samtidig kobles til en advarsel mod smagsdommere. med at eksistere. I hvert fald i deres nuværende form, for denne dag skifter selv om disse i sagens natur ikke kan underlægges For det er netop yderst vigtigt at eksperterne, fors- både Studenterbogladen og Humaniorabogladen navn til Akademisk Bog- samme bevisbyrde og objektivitet som de videnska- tået som dem der på et videnskabeligt grundlag ud- handel. belige læresætninger. taler sig, suppleres af personer der kan give deres Hverken service eller beliggenhed ændres dog som følge af navneskiftet. holdninger og værdier mæle. Sandheden skal kobles »Først og fremmest forsøger vi at stramme organisationen op og sende et sig- onningprisen uddeles til en person der “.. skøn- med ånd, videnskaben skal kobles med holdninger nal om at de to boglader hører sammen,« siger Niels Erik Knudsen, marke- Snes at have udført et fortjenstfuldt arbejde til og værdier om åbenhed, demokrati og menneske- tingsmedarbejder i Akademisk Boghandel. gavn for den europæiske kultur.” værd når den tages i anvendelse. Han tilføjer at der også ligger tanker om signalværdi i valget af navneskiftene. Prismodtageren udpeges af en komite bestående »Navnet ‘Humanioraboglade’ lyder også lidt halvfjerdseragtigt, og lidt som af rektoratet og en repræsentant fra hvert af Univer- ary Robinson er advokat af profession. Hun om det er noget internt på Humaniora. Med navneskiftet vil vi gerne vise at vi sitetets fakulteter, dvs. af Universitetet selv. Prisen Mblev i en alder af 25 år udnævnt til professor i er en bredt funderet boghandel der også henvender sig til brugere uden for uddeles hvert andet år, og fondens bestyrelse har strafferet ved Trinity College i Dublin hvor hun i universitetsmiljøet.« netop fra og med i år øget prisen til nu at være på 1988 var med til at grundlægge et center for euro- 1.000.000 kr. Det sker i erkendelse af at prisens pæisk ret. symbolske værdi bør understøttes at en konkret ma- Hun har været medlem af såvel det irske parla- teriel værdi. ment som byrådet i Dublin. Hun var Irlands præsi- Leonardo Udviklingsprojekter dent fra 1990 til 1997 hvor hun trådte tilbage fra et er en sand glæde at skulle uddele denne pris præsidentposten for at blive FN’s højkommissær for STØTTE: EU-Kommisionen har udsendt indkaldelse for ansøgninger til EU’s Dtil Mary Robinson. Dels fordi hun er indlysende menneskerettigheder. uddannelsesprogram Leonardo, gældende for perioden 2003-2004. Ansøg- som prismodtager, dels fordi begivenheden i sig selv ningsfristen er den 4. november 2002. perspektiverer det vi ellers beskæftiger os med i uni- u får hun Sonningprisen for sin utrættelige ‘Leonardo Udviklingsprojekter’ giver tilskud til projekter inden for erhvervs- versitetshverdagen, om det så er forskning og frem- Nkamp for menneskeværdighed. Som advokat har rettede uddannelser, og projekterne skal fokusere på ét af følgende priorite- bringelse af bevillinger hertil eller undervisning og hun ført sager om kvinders og homoseksuelles ret- rede områder: Prioritet 1: Anerkendelse af læring: erkendelse af værdien af bestræbelser på at få taksameterpengene til at slå til. tigheder. læring som forudsætning for at kunne skabe et område for livslang uddan- Sonningprisen overskrider hverdagens ofte nød- Dette engagement har hun videreført som politi- nelse. Prioritet 2: Nye former for læring og undervisning og grundlæggende vendige taktiske spil og kølige kalkulationer idet ker – også i tilfælde hvor spørgsmålene kunne være færdigheder inden for erhvervsuddannelser. Prioritet 3: Vejledning og den ikke er et spørgsmål om at veje for og imod og kontroversielle og vanskelige. Som højkommissær rådgivning: et væsentligt element i strategien for livslang læring. se på hvad der bedst kan betale sig, men et spørgs- har det ikke mindst været udviklingslandenes fattige Cirius, som administrerer Leonardo i Danmark, afholder informationsmøde mål om at værdsætte en stor og uegennyttig gerning og svage som hun har hjulpet. Hun sidder i en po- den 22. august 2002, kl. 9.30-14. Tilmelding er nødvendig. der vil os noget, der ikke tager et nej for et nej, der litisk stilling, og hun bruger denne stillings mulig- Læs mere på www.CiriusOnline.dk ikke finder sig i at noget på forhånd ikke kan lade sig heder til at konfrontere magthaverne med deres gøre. pligter. Sidste sommer gik hun blandt andet aktivt For 2 år siden modtog teatermanden Eugenio Bar- ind i bekæmpelsen af tortur. Hun har stærkt under- ba prisen, gangen før ham arkitekten Jørgen Utzon, streget regeringernes pligt til at lytte til og undlade Rettelse gangen før forfatteren Günter Grass, før ham filmin- forfølgelse af menneskerettighedsforkæmpere. I forrige nummer af Universitetsavisen fremgik det at et planlagt pressemøde struktøren Krzysztof Kieslowski og før ham forfatte- På Universitets talerstol i festsalen står der på i Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Udvikling blev aflyst. Pressemødet ren og statsmanden Vaclav Havel. Personer der græsk indskrevet ordene ‘i ånd og sandhed’. Det har dog aldrig været planlagt, og det beror på en misforståelse fra Universi- præger og har præget vores tid, der har sat sig op bliver helhjertet at jeg på onsdag kl. 13 går op på tetsavisens side. Vi beklager. Red. imod strømningerne, der har villet noget – andet. denne talerstol og uddeler Sonningprisen til FN’s Det prominente og betydningsfulde selskab supple- højkommissær for menneskerettigheder, Mary res nu af højkommissær Mary Robinson. Robinson. ■ Redaktion: Richard Bisgaard, ansvarshaven- Annoncer: ADVICE-Media og Marketing, Medlem af Dansk Fagpresse. Studieadministrationen, Universitetsavisen de, DJ, Line Aarsland, journalist, DJ, Kong Hans Gade 17, 9100 Ålborg, Avisen udgives af Københavns Universitet Anne Grete Skrydstrup, tlf. 35 32 29 17, 30. Årgang David Højmark, praktikant, DJH, Gry Gai- tlf. 70 20 77 77 20 gange årligt og sendes til alle studeren- Fiolstræde 22, 1171 København K. hede, informationsmedarbejder og Kirsten de og ansatte. Layout: Rumfang Debat- og læserindlæg modtages gerne Haagensen, studentermedhjælp Abonnement: 100 kr. årligt. per e-mail. 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