How Extraordinary Partnerships with the Arts and Humanities
are Transforming America
~ Advancing A Holistic and Humanistic Future ~
forthcoming
Jenny Gottstein, Director of Games at The GoGame, a company that builds interactive experiences and high-tech adventures around the world, recently remarked that, "Studying Arts & Humanities engenders a healthy sense of curiosity and wonder - not only with regards to how the world actually is, but how it might be. Some might call those who chose this path of study ‘dreamers’ but the truth is, they are ‘futurists.’ And having produced interactive games for thousands of companies around the world, I can tell you, the best ones are powered by futurists."
This edited volume seeks to shift national conversations about the crisis in the arts and humanities to one that bespeaks of rise and renaissance. Who are these individuals or groups who are reimagining our futures? How do they apply artistic or humanistic principles? And what perhaps surprising partnerships are allowing them to challenge assumptions, ask new or revised questions, disrupt old practices and ways of thinking, and create alternative paths, structures, and opportunities?
In this book, the voices of community members, educators, scholars, and professionals from all fields and disciplines enter into dialogue to showcase how deeply social and responsible transformations are being driven in partnership with the arts and humanities. This is an arts and humanities in which deep scholarly knowledge is put into practice not only to envision “how the world actually is, but how it might be.”
"Latin America on STEAM" by Doris Sommer and Antonio Copete
"Circus as Transformation: Musings on the Circus Arts as Agent and Medium for Change"
by Charles Batson
"Speaking the Unspeakable: Integrating Science, Art, and Practice to Address Child Sexual Abuse" by Rebecca Volino Robinson, Claudia Lampman, Brittany Freitas-Murrell, Jennifer Burkhart, and Amanda Zold
"Literature as Forge: Crafting Engineering Identity Through Humanistic Inquiry" by
Jenn Stroud Rossmann
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"Art in Action: Five Strategies to Address Climate Change" by Chantal Bilodeau
“Storytelling for the Next Generation: Harnessing the power of video games to share and celebrate cultures” by the Cook Inlet Tribal Council
"When Art Lives as Culture" by Kim Cook
"Soothing the Savage Beast: Commentary on the Arts and Humanities" by Gemma Mangione
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"What Crisis? Transformative Partnerships Powered by The Arts and Humanities" by Luke Keller
"Poster Dreams: The Art of Protest & Social Change" by Ella Díaz
"Interweaving Dance and Biology to Address Dual Dilemmas in Art and Science" by Jane Hawley and Jodi Enos-Berlage
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"Lesson from the Launch of Portals" by Amar Bakshi
"Money Over Meaning: Tech is Winning Minds But Not Hearts" by Bailey Reutzel
"The Humanities Revolution - New Thinking for 21st Century Capitalism" by Susan Frost
"'We Can [edit}!': Advocating for Women in the Arts on Wikipedia" by Amy Hamlin
"Humanizing American Prisons" by Maggie Graham
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