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This is a first attempt to assess the worldwide state of the humanities. We present this report fully conscious that it will be found wanting in important aspects. Yet we believe that an attempt, however faltering, must be made to map on a global scale what humanists think about what they do and how the field is changing. There has been no shortage of commentary on the humanities over the last few years. The topic has been discussed intensively in national reports, essays, books, newspaper articles, not to mention social media. Most of the commentary on the subject to date tends to come from the perspective of a particular country or region. Our aim is to look at some familiar — and some less familiar — questions from a global perspective by listening to voices from all continents.
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Holm, P., Jarrick, A., Scott, D. (2015). Introduction. In: Humanities World Report 2015. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137500281_1
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