About this episode

Katie Waddell discusses the significance of the humanities and the work of C21 in addressing the attention economy.

Katie Waddell believes that the work we call the humanities is like a bunch of love letters being written to other humans. She is the director of C21, the Center for 21st Century Studies, one of the first humanities research centers in the United States and a part of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. C21 was awarded a grant from Wisconsin Humanities in support of public programs exploring the “attention economy.” Now entering the third year of challenging “fast” culture with Slow Knowing...

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Guest: Katie Waddell

Topics covered

• humanities
• attention economy
• slow culture
• public programs
• C21
• 21st century studies

Keywords

• humanities
• C21
• attention economy
• slow culture
• Wisconsin Humanities
• public programs

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Organizations: C21, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Humanities

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