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Comment on The Humanities and the Corporate World: Dedicated Deep Thinkers by Peter Jones

Peter Jones — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:44:35 +0000

Hi, As a means to deep thinking and leadership(?) the generic, free and open access conceptual framework Hodges model may be of interest.
Many thanks, Peter @h2cm
Blog at “Welcome to the QUAD”
http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/
Hodges Health Career – Care Domains – Model
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/
h2cm: help 2C more – help 2 listen – help 2 care
http://twitter.com/#!/h2cm
P.S. There are many resources of interest to DH across four pages, inc. for example human rights, activism:
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/linksIV.htm
SOCIOLOGY: (Suggestions of new key resources appreciated)
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/links3.htm

Comment on Why STEM is Not Enough by Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:30:10 +0000

Being someone who works in hehgir education, I had very conflicting thoughts while I read your post. On one hand, I came from a humanities major myself as an undergrad and was unable to do anything with my degree unless I pursued a Master’s at least. That’s what I did and I truly love my job. However, I now work with college students on a full-time basis and I see this issue popping up all the time. There are definitely some students that are very self-motivated and they get out there. They are truly the successful ones. BUT, that is the minority! Many don’t know what they want to do. Many don’t know what they can do with what they love. And, honestly, why would you want to pursue a major that you are not good at and do not enjoy? What is the point of being unhappy and unsuccessful, both in your classes and in a career? It’s a definite dilemma! And, it is one that I believe needs to be addressed by everyone . . . universities, faculty, staff, AND students.

Comment on Bloomsburg U. Undergraduate “Manifesto” on Digital Humanities by Undergrads and DH | THATCamp Iowa City 2012

Undergrads and DH | THATCamp Iowa City 2012 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:54:13 +0000

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Comment on Why STEM is Not Enough by Robert Louis Chianese

Robert Louis Chianese — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:19:08 +0000

As a retired English Professor at CSU Northridge and a long time advocate of re-connecting the Humanities and Sciences, I am working to that goal as the current President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science–Pacific Division. I sponsor symposia at our annual conferences on such connections. This year at Boise State University, I am gathering papers on Science-Themed Fiction. Last year it was Poetry and Science, the year before that Art Inspired by Science. I, through the AAAS-PD, have just published a monograph on this topic, which formed the basis of an art exhibit at Southern Oregon University in 2010.

In 2013 at our conference in La Vegas, I am trying to pull together national leaders in the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences to discuss our intertwined missions, and to address our common problems– such as the decrease of majors in our fields, which includes science.

I would be very interested in joining in your efforts to promote the Humanities, whether linked with science and technology or not, though that I think is the real agenda now. I might be able to attend part of the conference at UCSB this coming Monday. I live in Ventura, CA.

I have the websites of both the CSUN chapter and the one at UCSB.

Looking forward to hearing from you and helping promote the humanities,

Bob Chianese

Comment on Global Concerns, Local Politics by Global Concerns, Local Politics | 4Humanities | National Institute of Technology

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:12:07 +0000

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Comment on Produce and Recruit Content for “Humanities, Plain & Simple” Project by 4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities

4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:12:08 +0000

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Comment on New Approach to Defending the Value of the Humanities by The Future of the Humanities: A Think Tank | 4Humanities

The Future of the Humanities: A Think Tank | 4Humanities — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:32:05 +0000

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Comment on About by Joshua Shannon

Joshua Shannon — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:46:10 +0000

Yes, for those of us who are not regular users of twitter, an email every month would be just fantastic!
Thanks for doing this wonderful, very important work.

Comment on New Approach to Defending the Value of the Humanities by Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » New Approach to Defending the Value of the Humanities

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:06:20 +0000

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Comment on Humanities, Plain & Simple by Emma

Emma — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:16:54 +0000

This is such a wonderful idea! I have learned post-grad just how much jargon can isolate the Humanities from acceptance and understanding of non-academics. Since the messages and skills from the Humanities are so important, it’s an important challenge to condense them into accessible text!

I will be submitting!

Best,
Emma

Comment on Who We Are by The Curatorial Role: Humanities in Action | 4Humanities

The Curatorial Role: Humanities in Action | 4Humanities — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:29:36 +0000

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4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:09:08 +0000

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Comment on Ideas for Framing the Humanities by 4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities

4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:08:33 +0000

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Comment on 4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 2 by 4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities

4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4 | 4Humanities — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:07:54 +0000

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Comment on On the Value of the Humanities: Martha Nussbaum and John Armstrong by Teaching Carnival 5.01 | Cerisia Cerosia

Teaching Carnival 5.01 | Cerisia Cerosia — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:33:11 +0000

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Comment on Ideas for Framing the Humanities by Claudio Fogu

Claudio Fogu — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:03:45 +0000

“Humanities Carnival” (suggested by Claudio Fogu): Having spent a couple of sessions on ‘ideas’ and frames I wanted to throw out there a suggestion for action aimed at our students, and at practicing in our teaching some of that ‘trans’, ‘inter’, ‘con’ sense of collegiality that some of us think as a core value to the humanities as a whole. I was thinking that each of us could dedicate 10-15 minutes of our weekly lecture the week before Mardi-Gras to a story, a poem, an image, anything having to do with Carnival from the pov of the cultural-linguistic-geographical-historical-disciplinary context we inhabit. I hope it will not be seen as presumptuous of me to think that Carnival-like expressions can be found in ‘most’ cultures, and that most of our students ignore that connective tissue. Anyway, the idea is that if we begin small but it works, we could little by little select themes that each quarter we all insert in our classes in a ‘human-it-ties week’.

Comment on Ideas for Framing the Humanities by Ann Taves

Ann Taves — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:19:29 +0000

Humanities for Life – I like Alan’s “Humanities for Children” and this idea, like his, frames the humanities apart from the university and disciplinary concerns. The “for Life” frame, however, has multiple meanings that allow us to highlight several key values, which is a feature I particularly like. Thus, “for Life”
• in the sense of enhanced life (a fulfilling life, a full life, a creative life),
• in the sense of the lifespan (a whole life, an entire life) – life long learning
• in the sense of all life (for life itself, for all living things)
I could imagine all sorts of video clips — kids putting on a puppet show, archeologists bringing the dead to life, elderly jazz musicians improvising, a weaver weaving juxtaposed with a spider spinning a beautiful web — all ending with the tagline: “Support the Humanities for Life.”