Q.     Is Critical Praxis only possible in a Design Studio?

A.     No. There are some excellent examples of Critical Praxis in other fields.

Ira Shor's early work in education at the Bronx comes to mind. Paulo Freire hinself was a master of critical praqxis in the field of literacy. There are examples in Journalism, in Criminology, in Health Studies, in almost every field, but they are never collectively identified and perhaps because the Critical practitioners are busy doing rather than talking about doing, the field never gets a good collective press.

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