The quest for soul-touching research in the social sciences and humanities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan-Hoang Vuong
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Interesting Part ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Statement ◽  
The Way

This short personal statement represents a kind of memory aid regarding the way forward for me to pursue what I call “soul-touching research projects.” With this statement, I also aim to help my research team understand an interesting part of research life.

A Study of Catholicism: An Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar

Horizons ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-113
Author(s):  
James L. Heft
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTThis essay describes an intensive eight-month long interdisciplinary faculty seminar which brought together faculty from the social sciences and humanities to explore, with different methodologies, the nature and traditions of Catholicism. It describes the way in which the seminar was organized, the participants selected, the syllabus chosen and how the discussion unfolded. It concludes with an evaluation by the author of what was learned, and then provides a brief description of the research projects undertaken by the seminar participants.

scholarly journals A Arqueologia na Era Digital: Contexto e tendências / Archaeology in the Digital Age: Context and Trends

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Rangel ◽  
Nelson Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Specific Study ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTSince its beginning, archaeology stands between the natural sciences and the social sciences and humanities. This shared position and the search for a greater understanding of its specific study objects, created the need among archaeology experts to resort to various methods (and technologies) originated from other disciplines. Similarly to other sciences, archaeology is an area permeable to experimentation and application of theoretical and practical exogenous concepts. This lead to the development of several specializations that unite archeology and other areas, such as Zooarchaeology. As happened throughout its history, academics are facing a time of change in the way the acquisition of knowledge is processed. The Digital Era of globalization is related to the shifting of paradigms and the growing need for unceasing adaptation; archeology is also affected by this reality. After a brief introduction to the humanities "digital paradigm" we review some of the main uses of the Internet as a support to research development in archeology, their main obstacles and tendencies.RESUMODesde a sua génese, a Arqueologia encontra-se entre as ciências naturais e as ciências sociais e humanísticas. Esta posição partilhada e a procura de uma maior compreensão dos seus objetos de estudo específicos, criou nos profissionais de Arqueologia uma necessidade de recorrerem a várias metodologias (e tecnologias) originárias de outras disciplinas. De forma similar a outras ciências, a Arqueologia é uma área permeável à experimentação e aplicação de conceitos teórico-práticos exógenos que levou, inclusive, à formação de diversas especialidades que unem a Arqueologia e outras áreas, como a Zooarqueologia. Como aconteceu ao longo da sua história, o meio académico está perante um momento de mudança na forma como se processa a aquisição de conhecimento. O fato de estarmos na Era Digital da globalização faz com que a adaptação do meio académico a esta realidade seja mais continuada, não sendo a Arqueologia alheia a esta transformação. Após uma breve introdução ao novo "paradigma digital" das humanidades, revemos alguns dos principais usos de tecnologias relacionadas com o uso da Internet no apoio à investigação em Arqueologia (e.g., bases de dados enriquecidas), e descrevemos algumas questões relacionadas com o uso de novas ferramentas e técnicas, seus principais obstáculos e tendências.

“Spellbinding Portugal: Two British Women’s Travel Voices”

2018 ◽  
pp. 295-312
Author(s):  
Maria Zulmira Castanheira
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Travel Writers ◽  
Women's Travel ◽  
The Way

A genre prone to the thematization of cultural difference, travel writing has, in recent decades, attracted great attention within the area of the Social Sciences and Humanities and gained the respect of both academics and critics. Travel writers are mediator fgures who, through their literary constructs, resulting from their experience of mobility and confrontation with alterity, may shape and circulate positive ideas about foreign cultural realities, thus facilitating openness to difference, empathy, acceptance, understanding, admiration. This article analyses Sybille Bedford’s and Brigid Brophy’s representation of Portugal, paying attention to the authors’ focus on the natural and built landscapes and the way they seek out what they considered to be unique to this Iberian country, thus promoting an image of it as a spellbinding place, charming and exotic, worth the journey.

Teaching Biopolitics in Germany

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiner Flohr
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Political Consulting ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Participation In Research

Due to the prevailing paradigms in the social sciences and humanities and due to some traditional reservations against biology in Germany, biopolitics is facing particular difficulties in German political science. At the University of Düsseldorf, the only place where biopolitics is taught in Germany, students take courses which deal explicitly with biopolitical topics or learn about biopolitics in seminars and lectures devoted to other aspects of political behavior. There are difficulties in teaching biopolitics; some will arise wherever biopolitics is taught, while some may be specific for Germany. These difficulties require special teching efforts in order to motivate the students; some experience in dealing with these problems has already been gained. As far as the desirable participation in research projects and the practical application of biopolitical knowledge in particular professions is concerned, there are some possibilities, but still too few. Besides working with students on biopolitical questions, there are useful opportunities of teaching biopolitics outside the university, especially in adult political education and in political consulting.

Swimming Lessons

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ehrenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Close Encounter ◽  
Systems Biotechnology ◽  
Clear View ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way ◽  
Weapons Systems

Never in history has life been so complicated and full of sudden changes. Technology, the environment, and the way we work and relate to one another are all in upheaval. With wit, humor, a calm voice, and great authority, Swimming Lessons gives a clear view of what our world has become - not just our successes, but also the destruction set loose by our own genius and inventions. In addition, it offers practical, non-utopian suggestions for keeping afloat in the dangerous waters of the 21st century's globalized civilization. Whether it is describing a comical brainstorming session in a Washington boardroom or a close encounter with an Alaskan grizzly and her cubs, Swimming Lessons is a delight to read. Trained in history, medicine, and zoology, David Ehrenfeld brings a grand perspective to his challenging task. He writes not just as a scientist, but as one who values and understands the social sciences and humanities as well. In the first half of Swimming Lessons, we learn to recognize the lies we live: about education, new military weapons systems, biotechnology, electronic pseudocommunities, and accelerated obsolescence. We also learn about the deadly corporate economics that affect every aspect of our lives, even environmental conservation. The second half reveals the pitfalls and opportunities in the main tasks we face: relating to nature in a manmade world and restoring our damaged communities.

scholarly journals Three most important methodological discoveries by the ISR team that power research studies in the social sciences and humanities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Research Studies

Working with the Centre ISR research team since 2018, I have grown up from a novice to become a professional researcher. So far, I have (co-)authored 30 scientific publications. And more will come in the near future.I had asked myself frequently what had transformed me into a productive researcher as I am today.Now that I have the answer for myself. They are the methodological discoveries that have enabled the team to achieve and become ready to take on further research problems, no matter how challenging they might be.And the three most important methodological discoveries are described briefly in what follows.

scholarly journals Structuralists contra Serialists? Claude Lévi-Strauss and Pierre Boulez on Avant-Garde Music

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Pierre Boulez ◽  
The Social ◽  
Serial Music ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Musique Concrete ◽  
Intellectual Movement ◽  
The Way

The adepts of serial music since the end of the 1950s seemed destined to ally themselves with structuralist thought—the broadly defined intellectual movement that profoundly marked the social sciences and humanities. The importance of the metaphor of language to the serialist project of Pierre Boulez in particular seemed sufficient to pave the way towards a conceptual alliance between avant-garde music and structuralist thought. Nevertheless, Claude Lévi-Strauss’s acerbic pronouncements on serial music as well as musique concrète that appeared in the famous “Overture” to The Raw and the Cooked (1964) made it clear that Lévi-Strauss was no friend of the serialist project. Drawing on recent research by Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Nicolas Donin, and Frédéric Keck, this article will argue that the serialist compositional project of the postwar era, embodied primarily in the figure of Pierre Boulez, can be considered “structuralist” in the sense of the intellectual movement promulgated by Claude Lévi-Strauss, despite the latter’s denunciation of serial music.

scholarly journals Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Aiello ◽  
Claire Donovan ◽  
Elena Duque ◽  
Serena Fabrizio ◽  
Ramon Flecha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
End Users ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Active Strategy ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Meaningful Involvement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Background: We are witnessing increasing demand from governments and society for all sciences to have relevant social impact and to show the returns they provide to society.<br />Aims and objectives: This paper reports strategies that promote social impact by Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research projects.<br />Methods: An in-depth analysis of six Social Sciences and Humanities research projects that achieved social impact was carried out to identify those strategies. For each case study, project documents were analysed and qualitative fieldwork was conducted with diverse agents, including researchers, stakeholders and end-users, with a communicative orientation.<br />Findings: The strategies that were identified as contributing to achieving social impact include a clear focus of the project on social impact and the definition of an active strategy for achieving it; a meaningful involvement of stakeholders and end-users throughout the project lifespan, including local organisations, underprivileged end-users, and policy makers who not only are recipients of knowledge generated by the research projects but participate in the co-creation of knowledge; coordination between projects’ and stakeholders’ activities; and dissemination activities that show useful evidence and are oriented toward creating space for public deliberation with a diverse public.<br />Discussion and conclusions: The strategies identified can enhance the social impact of Social Sciences and Humanities research. Furthermore, gathering related data, such as collaboration with stakeholders, use of projects’ findings and the effects of their implementation, could allow researchers to track the social impact of the projects and enhance the evaluation of research impact.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>The social impact of SSH projects is amplified via a focus and an active strategy for achieving it.</li><br /><li>The social impact of SSH research is enhanced by meaningful involvement of stakeholders and end-users.</li><br /><li>Dissemination leading to social impact is evidence-based, useful, involves beneficiaries and allows debate.</li><br /><li>Tracking the social impact of projects could enhance the evaluation of the impact of research.</li></ul>

Women break down the barriers to the Vietnamese social sciences and humanities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan-Hoang Vuong
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Middle Income Country ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Income Country ◽  
The West ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Valian rightly made a case for better recognition of women in science during the Nobel week in October 2018 (Valian, 2018). However, it seems most published views about gender inequality in Nature focused on the West. This correspondence shifts the focus to women in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC).

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