The 21st century is proving to be an exciting era of imaginative, interdisciplinary collaborations among academic, local, and global partners. This series spotlights the work of artists, scholars, and activists immersed in publicly-engaged projects in which the humanities, arts, and culture inspire community building and civic change.
Part exhibition, part documentary, part advice, and part reflection on failures, successes, and possible futures, this series honors innovative forms of humanities scholarship in all their many-layered, capacious complexity. Our books capture significant publicly-engaged arts and humanities collaborations from the perspectives of faculty, students, community members, and organizational partners. Humanities and Public Life meets a pressing need of current and future publicly-engaged scholars and partners to document projects that model rigorous work, critical thinking about best practices, and strategies for assessing the value and impact of public art, design, and scholarship.