A conversation about critique as a signature pedagogy in the Arts and Humanities Reflecting on the project PM: I found a lot of common threads about critique, and feel that several of the contributions are fairly in line with each other—especially
A “merged sensibility”: Poetry from an early medical humanist, John Mcfarland
Jonathan Mcfarland (Poems by John Mcfarland) “In him, we cannot easily discern separate medical and humanistic sensibilities” (Joanne Trautmann describing William Carlos Williams) John McFarland was born into a medical family in Liverpool in 1930. His father was an orthopaedic
The Brexit/Trump phenomenon: why did they happen, and what are the ramifications for arts and humanities higher education?
Shaoni Bhattacharya This year has seen the anti-expert backlash in full swing. First there was the UK referendum’s vote for leaving the European Union, a Brexit, against much expert advice, and then there was the unexpected election of Donald Trump
CONF. ON NARRATIVE OF HEALTH & ILLNESS:Arthur Franks on Demoralisation &Remoralisation
Being ill is demoralising, Franks argues, to both patient and to the system and institutions of ‘care’: a demoralisation involving moral and morale denudation: a sense of futility, disconnection, a sense that noone has a stake in one’s life and you have no
What happens when an ‘innovation boom’ leaves the humanities behind?
Howard Manns Monash University Linguists by definition are interested in language and the impact it has on society. So, some of us take a perverse interest in the language of government and university policy. Policies are words meant to wield
AHHE New article ‘The affects of not reading’
The affects of not reading: Hating characters, being bored, feeling stupid by Anna Poletti, Judith Seaboyer, Rosanne Kennedy, Tully Barnett, and Kate Douglas Abstract This article brings recent debates in literary studies regarding the practice of close reading into conversation with
Editorial to New Issue: The role of the arts and humanities in civic learning and engagement: The US debate
The role of the arts and humanities in civic learning and engagement: The US debate by Donna Heiland, Emerson College, Boston & Mary Taylor Huber, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford Introduction to the forum on civic engagement in the
New Special Issue: Forum on Civic Engagement
Special Issue: Forum on Civic Engagement in the Arts and Humanities Editorial: Donna Heiland & Mary Taylor Huber Articles Caryn McTighe Musil:“A step away from complacent knowing”: Reinvigorating democracy through the humanities Donna Heiland and Mary Taylor Huber: Building capacity for civic learning and
Emotional Bottlenecks to Learning
As professional historians, we are able to do history like professional rock climbers—without ropes, which to students might look something like this: You have to really like it to go for it. But you have to get ready for it,
An arts and cultural education Polylogue: Reflections
Earlier, we published Pat’s reflections on Days 1 & 2 and Days 3 & 4 of AN ARTS AND CULTURAL EDUCATION POLYLOGUE Here we have her post conference reflections – on networking and “reporting back” First posted on May 22, 2015 by pat thomson