Writing

7 09, 2019

Science and the suburbs

By Humanities Watch|2019-09-07T07:49:09-04:00September 7th, 2019|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, poetry, Quotes, science, STEM, Writing|0 Comments

A poem about science and suburban protest.

3 09, 2019

History in the digital age (Ian Milligan, The Conversation)

By Humanities Watch|2019-09-02T13:25:33-04:00September 3rd, 2019|Academia, education, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Digital documents and data require new skills at exploring historical context.

27 08, 2019

Diving into history (Tara Roberts, National Geographic)

By Humanities Watch|2019-08-27T09:24:03-04:00August 27th, 2019|Africa, Central / South America, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, News, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Divers find fragments of lost history, reconstructing the past in order to understand ourselves.

21 08, 2019

Medieval monks and modern science (BBC Ideas)

By Humanities Watch|2019-08-20T19:14:29-04:00August 21st, 2019|Academia, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Religion, science, Videos, Writing|0 Comments

Medieval monastic observations aid astronomy about comets and other heavenly objects.

22 07, 2019

Finding the soul in the play of words

By Humanities Watch|2019-12-06T17:23:23-05:00July 22nd, 2019|business, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, poetry, Politics, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

How the spontaneity of the soul is often dulled by practical and political concerns.

8 07, 2019

Humanities, self-knowledge, and our digital times

By Humanities Watch|2019-07-08T12:56:54-04:00July 8th, 2019|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Philosophy, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Discussing the need to re-discover the historical force of the humanities in our scattered lives.

5 06, 2019

The Place of the Humanities

By Humanities Watch|2019-06-06T06:02:20-04:00June 5th, 2019|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Museums, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities debates too often overlook the place of the humanities.

3 06, 2019

Van Gogh and health (Paola Chesi, MedicinaNarrativa.eu)

By Humanities Watch|2019-06-03T08:07:09-04:00June 3rd, 2019|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Italy, Language, Literature, Medicine, Nature, News, painting, psychology, Writing|0 Comments

Allowing art to elicit reflections on our own state of mind.

6 05, 2019

Faith in machinery and the question of culture

By Humanities Watch|2019-05-05T19:16:28-04:00May 6th, 2019|Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Does the machinery of life become an end in itself?

3 05, 2019

The shrinking humanities (Rosário Couto Costa, Palgrave Communications)

By Humanities Watch|2019-05-03T15:41:05-04:00May 3rd, 2019|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, STEM, Writing|0 Comments

The downward spiral in humanities is a loss for all.

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