Eloquent commentary in Journal of Cultural Analytics today by @lindsaycthomas & Abigail Droge (doi.org/10.22148/001c.…), following up on their article in Cultural Analytics on “The Humanities in Public” (doi.org/10.22148/001c.…) based on WE1S Project data (we1s.ucsb.edu).

Short piece by Alan Liu about WE1S Project just out in the new issue of MLA News newsletter; bit.ly/we1s-mla-newsl….

Thrilled to finally share the new Daedalus issue on The #Humanities in American Life: Transforming the Relationship with the Public. Online (and open access) at bit.ly/3wfhCxI.

Fabulous contributions from WE1S Project team, Carin Berkowitz (NJ Humanities) and Matthew Gibson (Virginia Humanities), Judith Butler, Sara Guyer, Denise D. Meringolo, Susan Smulyan, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Keith Wailoo, and so many others. I hope you will find it interesting and useful.

Excerpt from our WE1S Project article in Daedalus, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On the invisibility of the "humanities crisis" in media. (See also WE1S cards on the humanities crisis: we1s.ucsb.edu/research/we1s-…)

Excerpt from our WE1S Project article in Daedalus, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On the diffusion of humanities in "ordinary" life. (Cf. Michael Levenson's book, The Humanities and Everyday Life, 2017. See also WE1S cards on humanities & ordinary life: we1s.ucsb.edu/research/we1s-…)

Excerpt from our WE1S Project article in Daedalus, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On the different mind-share and flavor of the humanities in private vs. public higher ed institutions.

WE1S Project Excerpt from our WE1S Project article in Daedalus, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On the perception of the academic humanities as siloed in universities and blurred-together by contrast with the sciences.

Excerpt from WE1S Project article, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On lack of media attention to how underrepresented groups relate to humanities by contrast to the sciences. This was WE1S's most frustrating research inquiry: huge effort, sparse results. Public doesn't seem to care.

Excerpt from WE1S Project article in Daedalus, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On how "object-poor" the humanities are. In the public's perception, humanists do talks; scientists do things. See also WE1S card on contrast with sciences: we1s.ucsb.edu/wp-content/upl…)

Excerpt from our WE1S Project article in Daedalus, amacad.org/publication/wh…: >> On how the humanities fail to show how to bridge between the "small" humanities ("the book I love") to the "big" humanities ("the issues we care about")