Dlaczego humanistyka publiczna?
Why Public Humanities?

Summary/Abstract: This essay maps the nature, scope, and implications of the field of “public humanities”as practiced within the university. Calling for a public humanities that is collaborative,process-centered, and committed to racial and social justice, the essay considers thechallenges and possibilities the new field brings to university teaching, scholarship, andadministration. The author draws from her work at Brown University, her experience as theeditor of a book of case studies, Doing Public Humanities, and her time as a participantresearcherat New Urban Arts, a Providence arts group, to review the organizations andresources devoted to public humanities. Describing why (and what, when, where, andhow) a new humanities field began and where it stands now, the essay traces possiblelessons for the humanities brought by the evolution of public humanities.

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