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Monthly Archives: October 2010

So You Want to Get a Ph.D. in the Humanities?

There’s an animated video making the rounds. Posted only one week ago, it’s already been viewed nearly 400, 000 times–which says something about either our thirst for irony or, more likely, our collective sense that there’s something here both funny and true. The video’s caption reads, “A bright motivated undergrad decides to ask her professor […]

Research Contributes to Creation of BC’s First Children’s Museum

I want to highlight a recent success story, one suggesting the value of community-based research in the social sciences and humanities. Our Small Cities CURA’s work on the family and quality of life in smaller cities—in particular, our partnership with the Kamloops Museum and Archives–established the groundwork for developing the first children’s museum in BC. […]

Artists as Researchers & Community Engagement

For the last 10 years or so, I’ve been exploring the notion of artistic research. This exploration began in earnest with the first Small Cities Community-University Research Alliance, or CURA (2001 – 2006), and became a defining element of our current CURA, “Mapping the Quality of Life and Culture of Small Cities.”   The research […]

Why Start a Blog? Recent Reflections on the Humanities & Social Sciences.

Posted October 24 2010 I‘ve started this blog, not coincidentally, on the weekend when Britain’s Lib Dem government announced 40% cuts to its universities. Especially hard hit have been the humanities and social sciences: where the so-called STEM subjects (sciences, technology, engineering, and math) find themselves comparatively insulated from the full force of the budget […]