Humanities and social science majors continue to get a bad rap - in Australia, fees for Humanities and Society and Culture degrees are doubling - but the data shows that our work is in fact valuable in many ways. My colleague McKenzie Wark (incidentally an Australian) posted an article from the UK confirming what we already know to be the case for the US on Facebook yesterday and gave this nice summary of what we do and why it works. Unsaid but clear: not just majors in arts, humanities and social science but society at large benefit from having more citizens attentive, reflective and versatile in these ways.Sunday, June 21, 2020
For what it's worth
Humanities and social science majors continue to get a bad rap - in Australia, fees for Humanities and Society and Culture degrees are doubling - but the data shows that our work is in fact valuable in many ways. My colleague McKenzie Wark (incidentally an Australian) posted an article from the UK confirming what we already know to be the case for the US on Facebook yesterday and gave this nice summary of what we do and why it works. Unsaid but clear: not just majors in arts, humanities and social science but society at large benefit from having more citizens attentive, reflective and versatile in these ways.