Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities (2) - Couverture souple

Mauro, Aaron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1649590083 ISBN 13 : 9781649590084

Editeur : Iter Press, 2022

Synopsis

In the humanities, the field of "social knowledge creation" has helped define how social media platforms and other collaborative spaces have shaped humanistic critique in the twenty-first century. The ability to access and organize information and people has been profoundly liberating in some online contexts, but social media also presents many issues which come to light in the often-overlapping domains of politics, media studies, and disinformation.

While these countervailing influences are all around us, the essays collected in this volume represent a humanistic ethics of generosity, compassion, and care. Social knowledge creation refreshingly returns to humanist values, emphasizing that people matter more than networks, facts matter more than opinion, and ideas matter more than influence. As a result, the speed and scale of digital culture has challenged humanists from many disciplines to more clearly define the values of education, collaboration, and new knowledge in pursuit of human justice and equality. In short, online culture has presented a new opportunity to define how and why the humanities matter in the age of social media.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aaron Mauro is assistant professor of digital media in the Centre for Digital Humanities at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. He is coeditor of Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities: Volume 1.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Iter Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1649590083
• ISBN 13: 9781649590084
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 524
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible