The role of the arts and humanities in human flourishing: A conceptual model

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Tay ◽  
James O. Pawelski ◽  
Melissa G. Keith
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts

How a catchy bass line might someday resonate beyond my business ethics classroom: Rock music in management learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 135050762096950
Author(s):  
Christopher Michaelson
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Theory ◽  
Rock Music ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Management Learning ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Management Curriculum

Business ethics is one of the “unsettled humanities” in a management curriculum that tends to value instrumental and measurable goods. However, the value of business ethics may not be apparent to students until they experience unpredictable challenges to their ethical values at work long after they have left the management classroom. This essay traces my journey to using music – particularly, British rock songs – to reinforce learning and retention of the essential feelings and ideas in my students’ learning experience. It draws upon contrasting theories of ethical and economic value, the role of narrative in ethical theory and pedagogy, and the associative powers of music to show how the lyrics and music of songs might help classroom learning resonate later in life. In doing so, the essay shows how the songs of rebellious rock musicians might unsettle stereotypical conceptions of business and resettle appreciation for the value of the arts and humanities in life and work.

Playful approaches to learning as a realm for the humanities in the culture of higher education: A hermeneutical literature review

2021 ◽  
pp. 147402222110508
Author(s):  
Julie Borup Jensen ◽  
Oline Pedersen ◽  
Ole Lund ◽  
Helle Marie Skovbjerg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Educational Culture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Future Education

This article presents playfulness as an emerging approach to learning in higher education that emphasises the arts and humanities across disciplines. The article is based on a qualitative, hermeneutical literature review in light of educational culture in higher education. The literature review indicates that playful approaches to learning stand in opposition to educational cultures that focus on rapidness and student performance. However, an educational culture of play is about to establish itself, and this culture of play emphasises creativity in learning and human flourishing in education, perspectives that are connected to arts and humanities. The main findings cultures of time, performance and play lead to several questions about societal, institutional, and organisational educational culture, and regarding approaches to teaching, learning, humanity and society. The main contribution of this article is that a focus on playfulness offer the field of arts and humanities new possibilities in future education.

Survival Kit

2020 ◽  
pp. 151-172
Author(s):  
Maria Jesus Agra Pardiñas ◽  
Cristina Trigo ◽  
Ana Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
International Society ◽  
Art Educators ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Opening Ceremony ◽  
The Arts ◽  
European Regional

This action was performed during the InSEA European Regional Congress in Lisbon, 2016, in the opening ceremony. 100 kits were distributed with instruction manuals in Portuguese; Spanish and English. The conception and design of the kit by Maria Jesus Agra Pardiñas; Cristina Trigo; Ana Vidal aimed to point the attention of art educators and researchers from the International Society of Education Through Art, InSEA to the cuts in the arts in the educational public systems of neoliberal governments in Europe, which were and still are trying to reduce or even eliminate the role of the arts and humanities in public education.

The Production and Use of the Film It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti to Challenge the Exclusion of Survivors’ Experiences from Peacekeeping Success Stories 

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 642-663
Author(s):  
Siobhán Wills ◽  
Cahal McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Film Studies ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The People ◽  
Excessive Use Of Force

Abstract During its operations against gangs in the period 2004–2007 the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) killed and injured many people who were not posing a threat to anyone and were not involved in criminal activity. In Operations Iron Fist (2005) and New Forest (2006) an estimated 60 people were killed, some by bullets fired from helicopters penetrating the roofs of their corrugated metal shacks. Survivors claim that no one from the UN or from any state agency has ever visited their neighbourhood to speak to them—‘it’s as though you’re worthless’. This article discusses the making of the film It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti—which was produced using participatory practices—and the project team’s use of the film to raise awareness of the need for reform of UN rules of engagement and for an investigation into excessive use of force by MINUSTAH. The article also discusses the use of the film to challenge the exclusion from the MINUSTAH success narrative of the stories of the people who live in the targeted community, and to provide a platform that might enable the experiences of survivors to be publicly acknowledged internationally. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, It Stays With You forms part of an interdisciplinary law and film studies research project, which explores the role of film as a method of addressing trauma and as a means of highlighting the need for a human rights-oriented approach to accountability in the conduct of UN law enforcement operations.

scholarly journals Research travel and disciplinary identities in the University of Cambridge, 1885–1955

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL HEFFERNAN ◽  
HEIKE JÖNS
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Research University ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Field Laboratory ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The University

AbstractThis article considers the role of overseas academic travel in the development of the modern research university, with particular reference to the University of Cambridge from the 1880s to the 1950s. The Cambridge academic community, relatively sedentary at the beginning of this period, became progressively more mobile and globalized through the early twentieth century, facilitated by regular research sabbaticals. The culture of research travel diffused at varying rates, and with differing consequences, across the arts and humanities and the field, laboratory and theoretical sciences, reshaping disciplinary identities and practices in the process. The nature of research travel also changed as the genteel scholarly excursion was replaced by the purposeful, output-orientated expedition.

scholarly journals Arts, Virtue and Character: Perspectives from Philosophy and Psychology

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Ogunyemi Omowumi
Keyword(s):  
Life Story ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Character Formation ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Continuous Narrative

: In today’s world, the tendency to live constantly connected to a virtual digital space makes it difficult to have an ambiance that fosters paused reflections. Often times, one needs to make a conscious effort to stop and think if one recognises the importance of reflections for making the deliberated choices needed for self-development. For many people, a break from the frenzy of activities is facilitated by arts, such as narratives and music. Interestingly, more than just means of entertainment, the arts can be important catalysts for learning processes. Ancient philosophers affirmed that music is helpful in education to virtue as it tempers the emotions of a child to raise it towards the good. However, such high regards for art and music in character formation is often forgotten today.From the perspective of contemporary narrative philosophy, each action or choice which builds up into the habit is best understood as part of a continuous narrative. One understands the self better when considering it as the protagonist of a narrative moving from a beginning towards an end, guided by chosen goals which are good for the acting subject. Additionally contemporary psychologists acknowledge the role of the arts in character formation. This conceptual paper brings together ideas from psychology and philosophy in order to explore the role of some forms of art in character development. The appreciation of the on-going construction of the plot of one’s life-story guided by the intrinsic goods that promote human flourishing (including aesthetic experiences), may serve as a foundation for understanding the importance of coherence and unity of life for building character.

Promoting Collaborative Competencies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Langlois ◽  
Karen Gold
Keyword(s):  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Postgraduate Medical Education ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Interprofessional Learning ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Centered Care

This chapter explores the role of arts and humanities in promoting interprofessional learning and patient-centered collaborative practice. This chapter addresses the importance of collaborative competencies in postgraduate training and healthcare practice as situated within the principles of relational-centered care. Case studies of learning activities which can be adapted for use in postgraduate medical education and specific consideration for interprofessional facilitation provide a practical guide on how to incorporate the arts into postgraduate education. Additionally, components of a certificate program for learners focusing on the development of collaborative competencies through engagement in the arts and humanities are discussed.

scholarly journals Visual Arts in the University Educational Ecosystem: Analysis of Schools of Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar ◽  
Emilio Abad-Segura
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
International Level ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Current Lines ◽  
The University

Throughout history, the visual arts have allowed for a dynamic of aesthetic feedback, cultural plurality, and a standardization of the artistic phenomenon. The objective of this study is to analyze the current lines of research at the international level, during the period 1952–2020, on the visual arts in the university educational ecosystem. Bibliometric techniques were applied to 1727 articles in the thematic area of the “Arts and Humanities” to obtain the findings included in this report. Scientific production has increased mainly in the last decade, making up around 70% of all publications. Five schools of knowledge have been identified that generate articles on this topic related to art, visual culture, modernity, music, and history. The growing trend of scientific production worldwide shows the interest in developing aspects of this field of study. This article contributes to the academic, scientific, and institutional discussion on the role of the visual arts in contemporary society.

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