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Gary Hall

‘How much more effective and more accurate it would be, [Jorges Luis Borges] mused, to say “it thinks” rather than “I think”. Stress would then no longer be laid on man as the cause and effect, he would then be considered more an instrument responsive to external events.’

- Jasia Reichardt, ‘A Meeting with Borges’, Jorge Luis Borges: My Work In Prose, A Lecture Given in London, May 6, 1971 (London: Obscure Publications, 1971) p.iv.

Only just got hold of this booklet over the weekend, so hadn’t seen this when developing the ‘I:ts’ idea in Masked Media. Wish I had. Would have made a great epigraph.

openhumanitiespress.org/books/

Picture of the My Work in Prose booklet. The cover features a black and white photo of Borges seated, leaning on a walking stick.
#literature#JorgeLuisBorges#human
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Richard

Perfect for exploitation. #OpenAccess

The influence of graduate attributes and humanistic principles on leadership, social responsibility, and performance
nature.com/articles/s41599-025

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"In addition to these, Hill et al. (2016) also mention: “critical thinking skills, research and inquiry skills, information literacy, digital literacy, self-awareness, self-confidence, personal autonomy/self-reliance, flexibility, and ethical, moral and social responsibility, integrity, and cross-cultural awareness” (p. 156) as common graduate attributes. And, according to Bisschoff and Massyn (2023), the social responsibility related skills that positively impact employability include: “care, continuous improvement and learning, governance, influence, personal safety, risk management, situation awareness, and systems approach” (p. 69). Therefore, graduate attributes are HEIs’ students’ intended learned skills."

NatureThe influence of graduate attributes and humanistic principles on leadership, social responsibility, and performance - Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsHigher education institutions (HEIs) offer educational methods inspired by their mission, vision, and philosophy. Graduate attributes are the resulting skills and competencies that students develop during their learning process and then apply in their professional work. This study analyzes whether a HEI’s humanistic philosophy informs graduate attributes and then influences Senior Management alumni’s leadership style and social responsibility. The results of this study suggest that HEIs with strong humanistic components favor the development of a person-centered leadership. And, when graduates occupy management positions, this leadership style correlates with the development of socially responsible companies as well as positive organizational performance. Moreover, the longer graduates occupy leadership positions, the greater the positive effect on the organization.
#leadership#humanities#ethics
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Larry Swanson

Mara Inglezakis Owens brings a human-centered focus to her work as an #enterpriseArchitect at a major US airline.

Drawing on her background in the #humanities and her pragmatic approach to business, she has developed a practice that embodies both #digitalAnthropology and #productThinking.

The result is a #knowledgeArchitecture that works for its users and consistently demonstrates its value to key stakeholders.

Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

knowledgegraphinsights.com/mar

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#FeaturedServer#DataScience#DataSci
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Trevor Burrows

#Histodons and other scholarly #Humanities folks --

Has anyone done any serious work on Charles Erskine Scott Wood's religious thought and life? (Or anti-religious, as the case may be...)

I may be overlooking something obvious and don't have all my books with me... I could see him potentially surfacing in Leigh Eric Schmidt's work on religious liberalism, for instance, or maybe even Lears' No Place Of Grace.

But off the top of my head, I don't recall anything extensive.

Spent part of the morning reading excerpts from CESW's long poem "The Poet in the Desert," and while the work is super stodgy, the thought is fascinating, esp. alongside his "Heavenly Lectures." I'd love to read something that tries to place him in a broader intellectual/religious context.

Any tips are welcome, feel free to boost.

#CharlesErskineScottWood#ReligiousHistory#USReligiousHistory
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Harald Klinke

The newly established Anders Sandrew Chair in Digital Art History at Uppsala University will be hosted by the Department of Art History.
Digital Art History combines art, architecture, film, and design with digital tools to visualize and interpret culture. It redefines how we engage with visual heritage in the digital age.
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#DigitalArtHistory #ArtHistory #DigitalHumanities #VisualCulture #UppsalaUniversity #CulturalHeritage #Humanities #DigitalTransformation

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Harald Klinke

Big news for #DigitalArtHistory:
Thanks to a SEK 50 million donation from the Anders Sandrew Foundation, Uppsala University is launching the Anders Sandrew Institute for Culture and Creativity.

The institute will foster interdisciplinary research across the humanities and establish a new Chair in Digital Art History, expanding digital literacy and critical engagement with AI in the arts.
mynewsdesk.com/uu/pressrelease
#DigitalHumanities #ArtHistory #CulturalHeritage # #ResearchFunding #Humanities

MynewsdeskMajor donation to new research institute for culture and creativityAnders Sandrew Foundation donates SEK 50 million over five years (possible extension of a further five) to establish a brand new institute – the Anders...
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Universität Bremen

Willkommen: Ursula Kluwick im Fachbereich Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

Ursula Kluwick ist seit dem Sommersemester 2025 Professorin für English Literature and Cultural Studies.

Wissenschaftlich bewegt sie sich vor allem im Feld der #Environmental #Humanities und untersucht die Darstellung von #Natur und #Umwelt in britischer und anglophoner #Literatur und #Kultur, wobei ihre besondere Faszination dem #Wasser gilt.

➡️ uni-bremen.de/universitaet/hoc

www.uni-bremen.deWillkommen: Ursula Kluwick im Fachbereich Sprach- und LiteraturwissenschaftenUrsula Kluwick ist seit dem Sommersemester 2025 Professorin für English Literature and Cultural Studies.
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Powderhorn

How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset

beehaw.org/post/20390198

beehaw.orgHow the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset - Beehaw> In Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II, a messenger breathlessly announces to the king that, “Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge”. Hold this late 16th-century text in mind as we fast forward to last week when Martin Kettle, associate editor and columnist at the Guardian in the UK, was seen to suggest in an opinion piece that, if King Charles has pushed the boundaries of neutrality, such as with his speech to open the new Canadian parliament, he has so far “gotten away with it”. > > In a letter published the next day, a reader asked teasingly if this use of “gotten” – and another writer’s reference to a “faucet” – were signs the Guardian had fallen into line with Donald Trump’s demand that news agencies adopt current US terminology, such as referring to the “Gulf of America”. > > Another, who wrote to me separately, had first seen the article in the print edition and expected subeditors (or copy editors, if you wish) would eventually catch up and remove “gotten”, which “is not a word in British English”. She was surprised to find the online version not only unchanged but with the phrase repeated in the headline. … and I would have gotten away with it, too, if not for you pesky kids and your mangy dog.
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