Why Practicing Cultural Anthropology Still Has Value for Any Student
James F. Richardsonjamesrichardson.substack.com
Why Practicing Cultural Anthropology Still Has Value for Any Student
You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire.
Within five years, it will make little sense for scholars of history to keep producing monographs in the traditional mold—nobody will... See more
Within five years, it will make little sense for scholars of history to keep producing monographs in the traditional mold—nobody will... See more
D. Graham Burnett • Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Learning stuff was less important than learning about oneself. Exploration is not just a whimsical luxury of education; it is a central benefit.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Civilization needs citizens capable of openness and inquiry; these should therefore be the hallmarks of higher ed. The need for nimble thinking, creativity in both the posing of questions and the search for their solutions, an ability to return to first principles rather than rely on mnemonics and received wisdom—these are ever more important as we
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