Public Humanities: Engaging Community, Empowering Civic Discourse, and Reshaping Academia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611865523)

Engaged public scholarship is transforming the humanities. Divided into four parts, this provocative volume examines historical and contemporary sites of education and pedagogy, challenges dominant narratives about certain symbolic sites in the United States and across the Americas, highlights the struggle of marginalized communities as they wrestle to rewrite individual and collective memories of violence and trauma, and features public humanities projects that address themes relating to place and environment. Each chapter is concerned with the importance of personal relationships in educational settings, power relations in public humanities projects, and the nurturing of "new" civic spaces and places. This volume makes an important contribution to timely debates about public-facing and publicly engaged scholarship, especially in the humanities.

Author: Molly Todd
ISBN-10: 1611865522
ISBN-13: 9781611865523
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2025
Pages: 290
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs