Travelling Academy
Students wishing to be admitted to the Rietveld Academy are expected to have an open mind, to be capable of self-reflection and to enjoy exchanging ideas. The academy aims to develop these qualities further, and to challenge students to constantly question things. For the academy, study trips are a crucial way of stimulating this mental flexibility. Travelling together to a new environment forces students to relate to each other, and to their environment, in a new way. Instead of generating passive tourists, the academy sees these trips as opportunities to stimulate fresh creativity. In the past, the academy organized trips abroad, e.g., to China, India, Iran, Nepal, Switzerland, Hungary, Spain, Italy, and Sweden.
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“Seeking in one place always another,
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—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
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