humanists

One other reason humanists read their papers outloud (and probably the main one, affectively) is because one reason one becomes a humanist is one loves the sound of words, not just their content. This is an addendum to an earlier posting, "Why Humanists Read Their Papers": http://www.hastac.org/node/1204

 

One question I am asked most frequently by social scientists and scientists is why humanists stand at the podium and read their papers outloud. Good question. Here are my thoughts on that subject.

If you go to www.sparkip.com, you will find the best searchable database for scientific technologies anywhere. This is SparkIP, an online intellectual property network for the scientific community that was co-developed by historian of science Tim Lenoir and engineer Rob Clark of Duke and Kristina Johnson (formerly dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke and now Provost at Johns Hopkins).

when technology becomes invisible, humanists better get busy . . .