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SUMMARY:Why we should develop Arctic Humanities - Professor Sverker Sörli
 n\, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)\, Sweden
DTSTART:20200929T150000Z
DTEND:20200929T163000Z
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CONTACT:Professor Michael Bravo
DESCRIPTION:In the first two decades of the present century we have seen a
  growth of what has been called the “integrative humanities”. Looking 
 back at politics of frugality and various symptoms of crisis\, humanities 
 scholars and institutions around the world have looked for new agendas. Th
 ese have varied\, but a common feature has often been the idea that releva
 nce and a sense of purpose has increased when different strands of humanit
 ies have organized themselves into intellectual and issue oriented allianc
 es around\, for example environment\, climate\, natural resources\, rights
  issues\, health\, sustainable development. In this respect the Arctic\, o
 r the Poles\, may be seen as an issue area\, rather than as just a region 
 among other regions\, or as just the object of a set of disciplinary pract
 ices\, like any topic. \nArctic knowledge production remains dominated by 
 the sciences while the issues that are looking for answers are by and larg
 e societal and cultural\, indeed also political. I am in earnest intereste
 d in the issue of how the humanities can articulate the desire for a stron
 ger presence in polar research\, and despite some progress (mostly limited
  to certain disciplines) I am confident we have not yet reached as far as 
 we can. \n
LOCATION:Co-hosted with Pardee Center\, Boston University
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