PHI 120: Introductory Logic with Bob Sandmeyer

A course which treats argumentation, formal deductive and non-formal inductive logic. The course has a dual focus. First, students will learn how to construct and evaluate formal deductive arguments. Second, students will learn how to analyze and evaluate inductive arguments. The aim of the course is to inculcate standards of good reasoning, e.g., clarity, consistency and validity. Credit is not given to students who already have credit for PHI 320.

Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre, Space and Cultural Production

Given the increased dialogue across Geography and the Humanities, the

work of Henri Lefebvre offers a way forward for interdisciplinary

scholarship centered on the city. Taxi driver, intellectual godfather of 1968,

urban revolutionary, Marxist philosopher, spatial theorist, critic of everyday

life, cultural critic, and even pedagogue—Lefebvre articulates an urban

thinking that changes how we approach cities and urbanized consciousness

in (graphic) novels, films, music, videogames and more.

 

Date:
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Location:
West End Room, 18th Floor of Patterson Office Tower

A Top-Tier Visit to TiER 1

On Friday, before the scorching Memorial Day Weekend, A&S Hive team members Derek Eggers, Amelia Stevens, Carly Germann, Russ Caldwell, and myself made a special visit to TiER 1 Performance Solutions in Covington, KY. Almost immediately, the similarities between the culture and workflow of TiER 1 and the HIVE were easy to spot. The HIVE, a fusion of creative and technical services does everything from designing and leading the online education offered by the College to producing video and audio content for all of A&S. Rooted in instructional design, TiER 1 organizes itself into teams (just like the HIVE) to satisfy the needs of their clients.

From Fulbright to a Full Life: A Conversation with Alumnus John T Bondurant

The College of Arts & Sciences has had many Fulbright recipents in its long history. John T Bondurant, a 1956 graduate of the college, recieved his Fulbright as an undergraduate at the College in the 1950s. In this podcast, Mr. Bondurant recounts his experiences during his Fulbright year in Scotland and also discusses how his liberal arts education helped him in throughout his career and life.

This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.

Day 14, Beijing

We fly out of Beijing in the morning. The last few days have been some of the most exhausting and inspiring days of my life--from visiting the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, to gazing at Huangguoshu Waterfallto touring Famen Temple in Shanxi province to climbing the Great Wall. Kevin and I have experienced so much generosity and kindness during our visit, and I have had so many moments of pure awe over the last two weeks. Take a look. 

College Students and Technology

It's no secret that technology influences student life. From the ways in which we take in information, retain information, and synthesize information, technology provides a helping hand in each of these processes. I recently came across an awesome infographic from Presta Electronics that maps college students' relationship with technology. I encourage you to look it over. Some of the stats may surprise you, as well as some of the useful apps for education. 

 

CFP: Networked Humanities: From Within and Without the University

 

Networked Humanities: From Within and Without the University

A Digital Humanities Symposium

February 15-16, 2013

The University of Kentucky

Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program

 

Keynote Speakers:

Kathleen Stewart, Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas

 

Malcolm McCullough, Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan

 

Of all the topics of interest to the digital humanities, the network has received little attention among digital humanities proponents.  Yet, we live in a networked society: texts, sound, ideas, people, movements, consumerism, protest movements, politics, entertainment, academia, and other items circulate in networks that come together and break apart at various moments. While there exist networked spaces of interaction for digital humanities work – such as HASTAC or specific university centers -  we still must consider how networks affect traditional and future goals of humanities work. Have the humanities sufficiently addressed the ways their work, as networks, affect other networks, within and outside of the humanities? What might be a networked digital humanities or what is it currently if it does, indeed, exist? Can an understanding of the humanities as a series of networks affect – positively or negatively - the ways the public perceive its research, pedagogy, and mission?

 

The University of Kentucky’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program invites proposals for a two day symposium devoted to discussion of the implications of a networked digital humanities. The symposium will bring together academic and professional audiences in order to rethink the taxonomy of humanities so that we emerge with a network of people and ideas beyond the traditional taxonomy of “humanities” work. Thus, talks will not be limited to traditional humanities areas of study. 

 

Possible topics might include (but are not limited to):

·      Public humanities work

·      Networks among disciplines

·      Ecologies

·      Animal and human networks

·      Online spaces

·      Mapping/Geography

·      Economics and the humanities

·      Labor and the humanities

·      Digital production of texts

·      Community work

·      Workplace organization

·      The university as network

·      Archives and Obsolescence

 

 

February 15-16, 2013

 

Panels, roundtables, performative pieces, and alternative forms of delivery are welcome and encouraged.

 

No registration fee to attend or present. Please send 250 word proposals to  Jeff Rice j.rice@uky.edu  by September 1, 2012.

 

 

 

 

Date:
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Location:
POT 18th floor/Bingham Davis House
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