6 results for category "Engagement":
The Humanities and the Community
Sprocket Mural Works develops collaborations between neighborhood artists and community members to create murals that transform the urban landscape through public art.
Humanities skills such as communication, critical thinking, cultural knowledge, and creativity are essential to human development and to enhancing quality of life throughout our lives. These stories highlight innovations in humanities education, and profile the ways in which the humanities build lifelong learning.
Humanities-based skills and knowledge are essential to a wide range of professions, helping to shape trends and drive innovation. As creativity, persuasion, and communication continue to top the lists of employers’ most highly sought-after skills, these stories highlight the impact of a humanities education for successful teams and industry leadership.
Humanities scholars study historical texts, art, languages, histories. These investigations reveal truths about our experience in the present, as much as they inform us of human experience in the past. Stories in this section will highlight researchers who explore the unknown through humanities methodologies and in collaboration with other disciplines.