What's the Point?
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The podcast where we discuss the need for Arts & Humanities today.
What's the Point?
6M ago
We tend to see medicine as a strictly scientific sector, but the arts and humanities are essential when it comes to educating our doctors and caring for patients and the planet. Doctor and Professor of Medical Education Ian Fussell joins me to talk about:
What is medical humanities
How and why we can use arts and humanities in medical education
The links between planetary health, medical health, and social justice
Why medical and scientific researchers need artists and humanities specialists
How the humanities helped the medical field during the Covid-19 pandemic
Medicine as an enabler of th ..read more
What's the Point?
10M ago
In this time when "fake news" and "alternative facts" have become buzzwords, arts and humanities are more important than ever. Professional fact checker Sarah Turnnidge from Full Fact joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:
How her humanities background prepared her for being a professional fact checker
Academic English as a lens to look at different topics
Humanities as a natural place for the study of misinformation
The role of AI in misinformation and how humanities can analyse that
How humanities teaches us to use evidence
The role of narratives in (mis)information
The fact checking that happe ..read more
What's the Point?
1y ago
Cybersecurity researcher Dr Andrea Zeffiro joins Bryony Armstrong to talk about:
The role of humanities in addressing technological challenges in data science domains
Using humanities to solve problems surrounding data breaches
Considering the human elements of cybersecurity
Understanding cybersecurity as more than a neutral protection of networks and data
The problems we will have with cybersecurity if the humanities continue to be devalued and underfunded
The Reconfiguring Participation in Cybersecurity project at the Oxford Internet Institute can be found here.
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What's the Point?
1y ago
Arts Emergency co-founder Neil Griffiths joins Bryony Armstrong to talk about:
How studying arts and humanities helps you to pursue work in culture, politics and activism
Why all minoritised people need the option to study arts and humanities
The power of seeing yourself represented in culture
Breaking down the privilege associated with pursuing arts and humanities
How reading literature can spark world-changing ideas
The need for diversity in creative and cultural industries and politics
Why it doesn’t make economic sense to push STEM over arts and humanities
The insidious ..read more
What's the Point?
1y ago
Business researcher Dr Ladan Cockshut joins Bryony Armstrong to talk about:
What the Creative, Digital and IT (CDIT) sector is and how much it’s growing
The huge array of industries that need creative skills
How Arts and Humanities academics interact with practitioners in the CDIT sector
How creativity can lead to income
Creating changes and measurable economic growth with creativity
Why it’s short sighted to say that an Arts and Humanities education doesn’t support labour market needs
Episode references:
The Office for Students announcement about funding cuts: https://www.officeforst ..read more
What's the Point?
1y ago
Social historian Norma Gregory joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:
Useful skills and knowledge from an arts and humanities education
Making recorded history representative of the past
The importance of accessibility in historical research
Improving mental health and wellbeing through heritage
Bringing people together and building communities through heritage
Creating jobs in heritage work
Why art, humanities and creativity are essential for life
Why you can’t memorise your way through an arts or humanities degree
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What's the Point?
1y ago
Lecturer in American literature Dr Xine Yao joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:
Why defunding the humanities limits who has cultural capital
Feeling or unfeeling among minoritised groups
How researching literature from the past can teach us about the present
The relationship between humanities and social justice
Why we can’t turn to the humanities unproblematically
Bringing humanities research to the public
The different types of teaching and learning that happen in STEM/A&H classrooms
Why do people in pubs demand that we explain our research, and then criticise it when we do?!
The n ..read more
What's the Point?
1y ago
Sensory historian Dr William Tullett joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:
Using smell to engage with the present
The impact of smell research on political choices and environmental justice
Using smell to learn about historical experience
Changing up the hierarchies of senses and historical sources
Why we need to tackle myths about “bad smells”
Why connecting with heritage matters
The impact of the humanities on other disciplines
What you can really do when you study history
The point of humanities in Covid-19 research
Content warning: this episode contains some discussion about racism ..read more
What's the Point?
1y ago
PhD researcher Ciara Gorman joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:
Where the humanities can take you
The study of languages and how people communicate
The importance of languages in political, personal and medical settings
The skills we learn in the humanities classroom
Why the world fears gender studies
Paying attention to contemporary culture
Content warning: this episode contains some discussion about violence against women and mental illness.
Credit note: the linguist referenced is Paula Teixeira Moláns who can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/pgrs/paulateixeiramol%C3%A1ns/. As a ..read more