The intrinsic value of arts and humanities research
Arts and humanities research is sometimes controversial but, if we want to build a better future, we need to change narratives that attack 'woke' studies, writes the AHRC's Christopher Smith.
Since its launch in 2005, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has made significant contributions to society. We have excavated the past and illuminated the future. We have helped to shape public discourse and modernised the humanities. We have learned from science, and science has learned from us.
Nonetheless, some commentators and politicians have undervalued and misrepresented arts and humanities research. As well as causing problems for individual projects, this risks undermining the arts and humanities’ wider contribution, damaging the fundamental underpinnings of science.
What’s more, such attacks completely miss the point of arts and humanities research... Keep reading on Research Professional News.
Since its launch in 2005, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has made significant contributions to society. We have excavated the past and illuminated the future. We have helped to shape public discourse and modernised the humanities. We have learned from science, and science has learned from us.
Nonetheless, some commentators and politicians have undervalued and misrepresented arts and humanities research. As well as causing problems for individual projects, this risks undermining the arts and humanities’ wider contribution, damaging the fundamental underpinnings of science.
What’s more, such attacks completely miss the point of arts and humanities research... Keep reading on Research Professional News.