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6Jan US insurrection:
Democracies need the social sciences & humanities more than ever.
We need political science, sociology, anthropology, history, phil, ethics.
We need better media, smarter journalists, social media literacy.
We need antiracism, equity, decolonization literacy
Democracies need the social sciences & humanities more than ever.
We need political science, sociology, anthropology, history, phil, ethics.
We need better media, smarter journalists, social media literacy.
We need antiracism, equity, decolonization literacy
6 Jan insurrection & events leading up to it highlight the role played by politicians who trade on misinfo, fuel or ignore racism, bigotry, misogyny & rise of white extremists groups: MAGA, Camp Auschwitz, 6MWE, Yellow Vest. Many obscure hate using speech https://www.propublica.org/article/several-well-known-hate-groups-identified-at-capitol-riot/
The big questions of our time, our ability to vitiate the Big Lies, req the knowledges & skills that the social sciences & humanities provide. As polarization increases we see short-sighted cuts to the disciplines, programs, theories that can help us diagnose & address challenges
Democracy, human rights, dignity, decency in 21stC req leaders in govt, in universities, colleges, scholarly associations; in churches, synagogues, mosques, temples; in corps, nonprofits, media—all institutions—to be smarter, better humans, and to promote the greater public good.
“Learned helplessness”—Dr Liz Coleman:
“Equally startling, from my point of view, is the fact that no one was drawing any connections between what is happening to the body politic, and what is happening in our leading educational institutions” @TEDTalks https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_coleman_a_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts_education/transcript?language=en
“Equally startling, from my point of view, is the fact that no one was drawing any connections between what is happening to the body politic, and what is happening in our leading educational institutions” @TEDTalks https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_coleman_a_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts_education/transcript?language=en
What are the social and cultural knowledges and technologies we need to change our institutions, society, & world, to make them better?
Mobilizing Social Sciences and Humanities Knowledge. What Does it Mean?, asked Dr Sandra Lapointe @mslapointe @YouTube
Mobilizing Social Sciences and Humanities Knowledge. What Does it Mean?, asked Dr Sandra Lapointe @mslapointe @YouTube
When leaders speak about #highered world-changing contributions they undervalue the social sciences & humanities, under support public scholarship to counter social inequality, polarization, racism.
Making universities a leading force for positive change https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201031084321371
Making universities a leading force for positive change https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201031084321371
What roles are social science & humanities scholarly assocs playing in addressing the big social & political questions of our day? Do we see courage, quietism, cowardice, complicity? Do our SSH scholarly assocs reflect/ reproduce/transform the inequities, polarization in society?
Statements are not enough
In the aftermath of yet another police killing of an unarmed Black man, #GeorgeFloyd, we saw antiracism statements, some thin, some substantive
We also saw racism denial, lack of antiracism literacy among leaders, refusal to hold perpetrators accountable https://twitter.com/malindasmith/status/1267276115711680512
In the aftermath of yet another police killing of an unarmed Black man, #GeorgeFloyd, we saw antiracism statements, some thin, some substantive
We also saw racism denial, lack of antiracism literacy among leaders, refusal to hold perpetrators accountable https://twitter.com/malindasmith/status/1267276115711680512
In the aftermath of the 6 January failed insurrection in the US, I was curious to see how political scientists would respond.
@APSAtweets “both sides” language, which suggests moral equivalency, was dismaying. Not the intellectual & moral clarity the moment calls for. #uspoli https://twitter.com/apsatweets/status/1347236882715967488
@APSAtweets “both sides” language, which suggests moral equivalency, was dismaying. Not the intellectual & moral clarity the moment calls for. #uspoli https://twitter.com/apsatweets/status/1347236882715967488
The American Historical Association @AHAhistorians was clearer about dangers in a statement it issued on the 6 January failed insurrection at the #CapitolBuilding and what it called the “ransacking democracy” in the US. #twitterstorians https:// #USPolitics https://twitter.com/ahahistorians/status/1347611280182550528?s=21
#6january failed insurrection invites us to ask:
“A Failure to Educate?
This week’s Capitol riots have been repeatedly described as ‘unthinkable.’ Yet happen they did, so how do we start to think about them? Many academics have an answer: the #humanities” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/08/capitol-riots-failure-educate
“A Failure to Educate?
This week’s Capitol riots have been repeatedly described as ‘unthinkable.’ Yet happen they did, so how do we start to think about them? Many academics have an answer: the #humanities” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/08/capitol-riots-failure-educate
