In its narrow sense Feminism means Writings by women with women's orientation. Aminata Sow Fall fits in perfectly well into the first criteria; she is inter alia a woman writer. As far as many feminist critics are concerned, Aminata Sow Fall's writing are full of masculine, rather than ...
Summer Project: A Little Something for the “Humanities Kid” Summer starts tomorrow, sort of, which means I am getting serious about prepping for those fall classes I mentioned way back in my last post. I’m so excited to re-read my Richardson and Fielding for my Online G3 History of ...
vary from state to state but typically mandate that anyone who unknowingly purchases a defective car or other consumer good is entitled to repair or replacement. these kinds of laws and regulations, which are meant to promote honesty and transparency in the marketplace, fall un...
fall." The story of the fall of the Devil, Lucifer, perhaps exemplifies this best, but many other tales from scripture also get the idea across. One of the most well-known describes how King David, taking advantage of his political power, sent the husband of Bathsheba to die in battle ...
October 26 (Saturday)…SIOUX FALLS ZOMBIE WALK…This year’s theme is “Under the Big Top.” Events take place at 8th& Railroad Center and at Remedy Brewing Company in downtown Sioux Falls. Starting at Noon, get your make-up done by volunteers, enter the Zombie Walk costume photo contest...
Half a century later, there would be many in education that would still echo such a view, despite smaller classes and more non-contact time. The misfortune of Newsom was to appear at just the point where the drive for non-selective secondary education was sweeping the country. This created ...
day, in the gigantic lecture no less, the professor could see I was puzzled by an argument he was giving -- I had kind of half raised my hand, but had put it down, thinking that asking a question in lecture was inappropriate (we had recitation classes with teaching assistants for that...
And yet, when I look at my own classes, and my relationships with students, the dichotomies are still there. However much I try to teach through problem solving, to share my ignorance with theirs, to engage them in discussion, to bring out the creative constructive nature of learning, I ...
Humanities’ first drug of choice is happiness. And post-Covid, the happy junkies are more hooked than ever in their search for everlasting bliss. You are going the wrong way. Photo by D Jonez Every day we are bludgeoned with new ways to be happy, from podcasts, Ted Talks, books and...
So, in a modern context, what is a liberal arts education? There are now many subjects that fall within the broad scope of the category; a typical liberal arts degree program is interdisciplinary, covering topics within the humanities, as well as social, natural and formal sciences. There are...