Novel, Original, and Business as Usual: Contributing in the Humanities

Autor/in	Hellström, Tomas
Titel	Novel, Original, and Business as Usual: Contributing in the Humanities
Quelle	In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 21 (2022) 4, S.339-357 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hellström, Tomas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-0222
DOI	10.1177/14740222221108857
Schlagwörter	Humanities; Research Proposals; Content Analysis; Foreign Countries; Financial Support; STEM Education; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Forschungsgegenstand; Inhaltsanalyse; Ausland; Finanzielle Förderung; STEM; Schweden
Abstract	This paper focuses on how contributions are argued in research proposals in the humanities. Due to standardizing tendencies in research funding towards formats characteristic of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, there has been concern that the humanities are marginalized. In this study, 'contribution statements' were identified in proposals funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation across the humanistic disciplines. These statements were systematically analyzed in terms of type and structure of contributions advanced. The results suggest that the humanities differ from the sciences in terms of specificity of focus, a high level of 'acceptable serendipity' in proposed outcomes, but that these disciplines structurally tend to adhere to the same types of research contribution arguments as STEM. A better understanding of the way in which humanities scholars frame contributions offers insight into how these fields change and how they relate to developments in the science policy and funding landscape. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01