Questions of the Humanities and its Value
The integrative humanities is a form of value creation because it shows how contemporary rewritings of the past damage the present and the future.
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The tense dynamic between academic freedom and academic accountability will persist for publicly funded universities â and questions
will be asked of the âutilityâ of disciplines in an age of economic downturns and calls for instrumentalisation â social usefulness â of research. In this context, disciplinary distinctions will be exacerbated where funding agencies will examine âutilityâ above all else.
Here it is germane to note that the quantum and varieties of funding are starkly different across disciplines. Let us evaluate how many â and in what quantum â funding sources are available to the sciences (the various research agencies, DBT, DST etc) and those for humanities research (the ICHR, I
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In physics, the Doppler effect describes how a noise like a coming train will always sound different when it approaches than when it recedes. The noise itself is the same, but your perspective changes, and with it, the pitch enters a new frequency. Reading about history can ignite a similar feeling, showing how, say, social battles that once seemed futile were actually progressing all along. Such is the case with
Beloved Beasts unwinds a history of human efforts to protect the loss of other species, an impulse, Nijhuis writes, “likely as old as the images of steppe bison painted on cave walls.” She reveals how policies and habits that once seemed unmovable were, through the intervention of passionate human advocates, changed. “Fantasy and despair are tempting, but history can help us resist them,” she writes. “The past accomplishments of conservation were not inevitable, and neither are its future failures.”
UCLA
Gilbert Gee, Ursula Heise, Safiya Noble and Chon Noriega will bring an array of expertise to the discussion on how universities can help champion science and facts in the public sphere. Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon |
January 6, 2021
As the nation prepares for a new presidential administration, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will convene a discussion on the role higher education can play in addressing the pressing crises of our time.
The webinar, part of the ongoing UCLA Connections series, is entitled “Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate.” It premieres Jan. 14, at 6 p.m., and a recording will be available for viewing on the Connections website immediately after.