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unleash your humanities (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

because a humanities without "niche topics" is going to cover a very limited subject matter, and in particular, a very certain bias of subject matter! if we design humanities with cost-savings in mind, this is the most inexpensive and readily available culture, language, history: the mainstream, the corporate owned, the majority opinion. funding in humanities expands the horizons and the populace that humanities covers, and without diversity, humanities is not worth teaching

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You are arguing about the curriculum of a newly established college as if it were the research focus of the entire humanities.

Diversity doesn't come from exotic trips but the matetial you cover and the way it is taught and debated. All classic texts are freely available. For centuries that was enough.

There can be trips and such once money is available. For that you need some alumni to get donations. They will not be there if you don't start teaching which is, for humanities, possible with a minimal budget.