From: dws-internal@duke.eduOn Behalf OfVictoria Davis
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 1:11:53 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
To: Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
Subject: [Opportunity] Call for Participants: NHC 2017 Working Group, Using Media to Develop Humanities Narratives
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Submitted on Monday, May 29, 2017 - 14:11
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Your Name: Victoria Davis
Your Email Address: vdavis@autsin.utexas.edu
Your Member Organization: Humanities Media Project, College of Liberal Arts,
University of Texas, Austin
Item Type: Opportunity
Item Title: Call for Participants: NHC 2017 Working Group, Using Media to
Develop Humanities Narratives
Item Description:
We are soliciting participants for our NHC 2017 working group, Using Media to
Develop Humanities Narratives, meeting Saturday, November 4, 9:30-11.
Our working group will discuss the increasing need to create and disseminate
clear and compelling narratives that affirm the public benefits of humanities
programs, especially those originating from colleges and universities, and
explore options for addressing this need through new media. The questions
this working group will address include: (1) What practical resources do
universities and other humanities entities need to create compelling
narratives about their programs, and what can universities and public
humanists do to animate students and people outside the academy to advocate
for the humanities? (2) What stories should humanities professionals, as well
as university administrators, faculty, students, and participants in public
humanities programs be telling about these programs and how should these
stories be told? Lastly, (3) what audiences do these stories need to reach
and how can advocates for the humanities target them? The specific goal of
this working group will be to produce an initial blueprint of effective
narratives that resonate with and mobilize a broad public, uses of media, and
promotional strategies that universities and humanities programs can both
draw from and build on to affirm the public good that the humanities serves
and to advocate for increased public investment in humanities programs.
Please provide a brief abstract (300-500 words) of what you will contribute
to meeting the goals of this working group, focusing on narratives you have
created, investigated, and/or employed to communicate the importance of
accessible humanities programs in higher education to students, donors, and
the public. You might address what you learned from the process of using new
media to develop humanities narratives, including how you disseminated these
narratives to targeted audiences and how the media shaped the telling and
content of the narrative. What resources did you deploy? What resources do
you wish you had access to? What are some other questions we should be asking
as we work toward a blueprint? Your abstract might additionally reflect on
what was successful about your project, what didn’t work, and should
address what you will bring to the working group based on these experiences.
We also welcome participants who are new to their positions and interested in
exploring new media narratives about the public benefits of the humanities.
Your abstract should address how your participation would benefit you and
your organization and what questions you have as you face the defunding of
the humanities.
Finally, please focus on strategies rather than specific content of programs.
We wish to develop a blueprint that is adaptable to a wide range of
organizations and their programming.
URL or email for more information: vdavis@austin.utexas.edu
From: dws-internal@duke.eduOn Behalf OfVictoria Davis Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 1:11:53 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) To: Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes Subject: [Opportunity] Call for Participants: NHC 2017 Working Group, Using Media to Develop Humanities Narratives
A news item or opportunity has been submitted.
Submitted on Monday, May 29, 2017 - 14:11 Submitted by user: Submitted values are:
Your Name: Victoria Davis Your Email Address: vdavis@autsin.utexas.edu Your Member Organization: Humanities Media Project, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas, Austin Item Type: Opportunity Item Title: Call for Participants: NHC 2017 Working Group, Using Media to Develop Humanities Narratives Item Description: We are soliciting participants for our NHC 2017 working group, Using Media to Develop Humanities Narratives, meeting Saturday, November 4, 9:30-11. Our working group will discuss the increasing need to create and disseminate clear and compelling narratives that affirm the public benefits of humanities programs, especially those originating from colleges and universities, and explore options for addressing this need through new media. The questions this working group will address include: (1) What practical resources do universities and other humanities entities need to create compelling narratives about their programs, and what can universities and public humanists do to animate students and people outside the academy to advocate for the humanities? (2) What stories should humanities professionals, as well as university administrators, faculty, students, and participants in public humanities programs be telling about these programs and how should these stories be told? Lastly, (3) what audiences do these stories need to reach and how can advocates for the humanities target them? The specific goal of this working group will be to produce an initial blueprint of effective narratives that resonate with and mobilize a broad public, uses of media, and promotional strategies that universities and humanities programs can both draw from and build on to affirm the public good that the humanities serves and to advocate for increased public investment in humanities programs. Please provide a brief abstract (300-500 words) of what you will contribute to meeting the goals of this working group, focusing on narratives you have created, investigated, and/or employed to communicate the importance of accessible humanities programs in higher education to students, donors, and the public. You might address what you learned from the process of using new media to develop humanities narratives, including how you disseminated these narratives to targeted audiences and how the media shaped the telling and content of the narrative. What resources did you deploy? What resources do you wish you had access to? What are some other questions we should be asking as we work toward a blueprint? Your abstract might additionally reflect on what was successful about your project, what didn’t work, and should address what you will bring to the working group based on these experiences. We also welcome participants who are new to their positions and interested in exploring new media narratives about the public benefits of the humanities. Your abstract should address how your participation would benefit you and your organization and what questions you have as you face the defunding of the humanities. Finally, please focus on strategies rather than specific content of programs. We wish to develop a blueprint that is adaptable to a wide range of organizations and their programming.
URL or email for more information: vdavis@austin.utexas.edu
The results of this submission may be viewed at: http://chcinetwork.org/node/28/submission/337