Public Humanities : Engaging Community, Empowering Civic Discourse, and Reshaping Academia

Todd, Molly (EDT); Cohen, Jason E (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1611865522 / ISBN 13: 9781611865523

Published by Michigan State University Press, 2025

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Synopsis:

Engaged public scholarship is transforming the humanities. Divided into four parts, this provocative volume examines historical and contemporary sites of education and pedagogy, challenges dominant narratives about certain symbolic sites in the United States and across the Americas, highlights the struggle of marginalized communities as they wrestle to rewrite individual and collective memories of violence and trauma, and features public humanities projects that address themes relating to place and environment. Each chapter is concerned with the importance of personal relationships in educational settings, power relations in public humanities projects, and the nurturing of “new” civic spaces and places. This volume makes an important contribution to timely debates about public-facing and publicly engaged scholarship, especially in the humanities.

About the Author:

Molly Todd is an independent scholar whose historical and public humanities work with refugees, human rights, and solidarity has been supported by the Whiting Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and other entities. Her monographs include Long Journey to Justice: El Salvador, the United States, and Struggles against Empire and Beyond Displacement: Campesinos, Refugees, and Collective Action in the Salvadoran Civil War.

Jason E. Cohen is an independent scholar who works and lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Public Humanities : Engaging Community, ...
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New