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Academy of Fine Arts


FLORENCE-The Academy of Fine Arts, the school commissioned in 1784 by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo, the first people in Europe, the Renaissance capital prestige post of universal geniuses like Leonardo and Michelangelo, in these day, to tourists and citizens, it shows "in chains" statues in the cloister gagged, chained and blind, webs of string and the banner "Students angry" at the entrance. In fact, from December
Permanent Assembly of students occupied the Upper Room of the Academy and will continue the protest until there is an agreement with the leadership and the presidency. "We took the Upper Room-only symbolically says Alex, a student who declares himself a member of the Permanent-because we did not want to block the teaching."
Meanwhile, in the Cenacle, continue the meetings of students and will carry out various cultural events organized to raise awareness of the problems of the Academy and to involve more students. The reasons for the protest are many: from the national situation concerning the modification of dell'Afam courses (institutes of Higher Education in Art and Music) of Law 508/99, the most peculiar economic conditions and training of the Academy of Florence.
"Our protest-Gary points out, another student-Permanent Assembly wants to pursue a job that was started a long time by all the Italian academies for a real critique of what are the academic reform. We oppose all the reforms inadequate and hasty and confusing laws regarding topics that deserve in-depth tables instead of action shared by students and professors. "
The students prepared, these days, a long list of concrete proposals to be presented to the leadership and presidency tomorrow, Thursday, at the meeting of the Board. Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the important round of 23, 24 and 25 January 2009 when in Florence will meet all consultations and all students of the Academy of Fine Arts Italian. "A three-day-stress students were invited politicians and representatives of trade unions for a direct comparison on the issues of equivalence of diplomas and the validity of the three-year courses. This further confirms the seriousness of our actions and our actions. "