It never ceases to amaze my colleagues from elsewhere around the world when they understand there is NO, repeat, NO federal funding mechanism for humanities research. None.
My colleagues on health sciences campuses also don’t really understand this, IME.
H/t @djvanness.bsky.social
My colleagues on health sciences campuses also don’t really understand this, IME.
H/t @djvanness.bsky.social
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Hester Blum
Required reading on humanities research, by Christopher Newfield :
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Sort of De Tocqueville’s curse frankly….
We are destined forever to believe that these things can be done with volunteers.
People who do them professionally do not understand what motivates the volunteer.
The division is political.