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Experimental Humanities
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Experimental Humanities episodes
- Episode 1: Hudson Valley VulturesWe learn about the vultures on Bard’s campus with the help of some Bard students, staff, and faculty.17 min
- Episode 2: Vultures in the AmericasWe move beyond the Hudson Valley to investigate vulture research across the Americas. We talk to a scientist and cultural anthropologist whose respective interests share some interesting overlaps.21 min
- Episode 3: Eyes in the SkyFor our last episode in the vulture series, we talk with an ornithologist and a drone researcher about birds in the digital age— particularly, how they interact with aerial technologies.27 min
- Episode 4: Woman as CyborgIn this episode, we join Literature professor and director of Bard’s Center for Experimental Humanities, Maria Sachiko Cecire, as she chats with two students from her Woman as Cyborg class— Ariel West and Bird Cohen. Their discussion is followed by a re-broadcast of the episode “Our Quantified / Cyborg Selves,” from Maria’s podcast “In Theory,” which she hosts with Noorain Khan.46 min
About Experimental Humanities
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How does technology mediate what it means to be human? The Experimental Humanities (EH) concentration is Bard’s liberal arts–driven answer to the Digital Humanities. Digital Humanities is an evolving…
field that typically employs digital tools and research methods to investigate humanities subjects. In addition, EH engages with media and technology forms from across historical periods, combining experimental research methods with critical thinking about how such forms function as a part of cultural, social, and political inquiry. We encourage the reconsideration of older media in light of today’s technologies and look ahead to the developments on the horizon.