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humanities

vr.tr.humanities · INF.KNW

Let an agent treat the humanities as a family of disciplines with sources, methods and debates, and locate questions in the right field.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent treat the humanities as a family of disciplines with sources, methods and debates, and locate questions in the right field.

The academic disciplines that study human culture, thought and expression, such as history, philosophy, languages, literature, religion, art and law, mainly through critical and interpretive methods.

What it is for: Understanding human culture and meaning.

It can be study and teach it; interpret texts and artefacts; preserve and edit sources; contribute to public debate.

Distinguishing features

Study of human culture and meaning

Interpretive and critical methods

Source-based scholarship

Overlaps with social sciences

What it looks like

Books, archives, editions, museums and university departments.

How it is recognised

Disciplines such as history and philosophy

Critical editions and scholarly journals

Publishing aliases merged in the registry are separate topics

Related models

includes - disciplines

history, linguistics, literature

is confused with - related family

social science

uses - sources

text and document

studies - subject

culture

In practice

Families and kinds

history

philosophy

languages and literature

religious studies

art history and musicology

legal and constitutional history

Identifiers

field classification OECD FORD 6 Humanities and the arts research classification

Standards and regulation

Research ethics

Copyright for editions and translations

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting interpretations as facts

Ignoring source criticism

Partisan readings

Also called

self-publishingwomen's pressposthumous editionreception aestheticsregional historyconstitutional historyPushkin studiesAlicante in the Spanish Civil Warhistory of Southern LebanonMāori historydigital humanitiesinterdisciplinary humanitiesstudy of historyart studiesmartial arts studiesMedieval & Renaissance Studieshistory of consciousnessliterary studiespublishingscience communicationenvironmental humanitieshealth humanitiespublic humanitiesmedical humanitiesgrammatologyglobalization studiesCITADEL: Computational Investigation of the Topographical and Architectural Designs in an Evolving Landscapelicensinghistorical network analysisdigital human sciencesdigital historyhistory of racismLatin and South American historyepistemology of historyhistory and philosophy of medicinehistory and philosophy of engineering and technologyDress historymonasteriologymemoiristicshistory of wine

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Discipline Which field.

Field locates the question.

Field

Discipline.

Field

Discipline.

  1. Which humanities discipline applies? definition
  2. Which neighbouring fields? definition

Tradition

School of thought.

Tradition

Scholarly tradition.

  1. Which scholarly tradition frames this? provenance
  2. What alternatives exist? boundary
Sources Evidence.

Sources underpin claims.

Primary sources

Texts and artefacts.

Primary

Sources used.

  1. Which primary sources support this? provenance
  2. How reliable are they? measurement

Editions

Critical editions.

Editions

Editions used.

  1. Which edition or translation is used? provenance
  2. Is it authoritative? boundary
Interpretation Meaning.

Interpretations vary.

Views

Readings.

Views

Interpretations.

  1. Which interpretations exist, and who holds them? provenance
  2. Which are contested? boundary

Attribution

Crediting views.

Attribution

Attribution.

  1. Are views attributed to their scholars? boundary
  2. Is the agent presenting an interpretation as fact? boundary
Public role Society.

Humanities inform public life.

Education

Teaching.

Education

Teaching.

  1. How is this taught? definition
  2. At which levels? definition

Debate

Public debate.

Debate

Public contribution.

  1. How does this scholarship inform public debate? definition
  2. Is it presented fairly? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should disciplines be separate entries?
  • How should interpretations be attributed?
  • The registry entry has merged publishing aliases; should they be split off?
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