NET4SOCIETY and other organizations have drafted an Open Letter on the Socio-economic sciences and the humanities. The letter to the European Commissioner for Research and Innovation calls for inclusion of the social sciences and humanities in large-scale research programmes (which is presumably not the case now.) They argue, While for many questions, natural, human and […]
Michelle Kassorla, “A Chair”
« A Humanities, Plain & Simple Post » Clearly, this is a picture of a chair. I took it today, in my dining room. If I showed this picture to anyone in the world, they would probably be able to identify it in whatever language they speak. It is one of the most fundamental images […]
Ideas for Framing the Humanities
Reframing Ideas (new ways to name, describe, and position the humanities for public impact) [Please write or edit in whatever way you wish below, identifying yourself as the author of a contribution or comment. If this post grows too untidy in formatting, one of the site editors will clean things up as needed.] Please note […]
Produce and Recruit Content for “Humanities, Plain & Simple” Project
Draft Posts for “Humanities, Plain & Simple” Initiative Directed by Christine Henseler » Sample post [Since these are only drafts for future posts, please feel free to start incomplete posts, add annotations, etc. For example, you could identify the core values, frames, language, or audience that underlie the post.] Please note that this post is […]
Humanities, Plain & Simple
Directed by Christine Henseler, The Humanities, Plain & Simple is a special 4Humanities Project. It is a comprehensive and targeted campaign that calls out to individuals and groups inside and outside of academia to write statements in “plain language” as to why the Humanities matter. How has Humanities-based thinking directly or indirectly altered or innovated […]
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4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 2
Core Issues in Public Discourse on the Humanities (Monday, November 14, 2011, 1-3 pm, South Hall 2509) We have divided the readings according to four broad categories that might help frame our discussion on Thursday. We propose that we do as many readings as we can, and at least one per category, and then organize […]