11. APPLIED
HUMANITIES
..or as a
source of
values to
improve
individuals
and the
world?
“One studies
the humanities
to gain useful
knowledge
about the
world in which
he lives,
spiritual
nourishment,
and a sense of
values”
—Edwin
Steinberg
12. APPLIED
HUMANITIES
..or as a
source of
values to
improve
individuals
and the
world?
“the ability to
own (enact and
embody) a
literary or
philosophical
insight should
be central to
humanities
learning in
college.”
—Svetlana
Nikitina
13. TRANSLATIONAL
HUMANITIES
Give people
the tools to
understand
our work?
“Establish
communication
between the
studies of
academia and
the everyday
lives in our
community.”
—Eastern
Illinois
University
14. TRANSLATIONAL
HUMANITIES
Or refocus
our work on
topics of
community
interest?
“Ensure the
literacy of
users in the
multiple
languages of
the media and
communities
that they
encounter on
the Web.”
—Abby Smith
Rumsey
18. DIGITAL
HUMANITIES
A conduit
between the
public and
the academy?
“It serves to
make
humanities
research into
something of a
new multi-
player online
game with
global reach
and relevance.”
—Anne Burdick
19. DIGITAL
HUMANITIES
...or a new
kind of
multivocal
conversation
that the
public can
Join
“collaborating
with
communities…
envisioning
new ways of
interacting
with our many
publics
—University of
Iowa
24. PUBLIC
HUMANITIES
“building
bridges to a
wide range of
local and
regional
institutions
and their
respective
publics.”
—Yale Public
Humanities
making
colleges and
universities
“agents and
architects of
a flourishing
democracy.”
25. PUBLIC
HUMANITIES
“Public
humanities
means cultural
work in the
public interest
and liberal
arts education
for
democracy.”
—Michigan
State Public
Humanities
making
colleges and
universities
“agents and
architects of
a flourishing
democracy.”