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What’s to know? Four steps

to humanities-STEM ebb & flow

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What’s to know?

Humanities & STEM differing mindsets? not-so-differing minds united through compositionism

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Compositionism, in theory“Ecology of knowledge” (Liu)Miscellany > effective thinking (Benzon)Natural human practice : Découvrir (Latour)

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Compositionism, in practice

In chemistry & pharmacologyIn architectureIn language In arts

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Compositionism: Four tenets

Identifying core values Framing the core valuesPlacing core values in publicGenerating, building, re-building

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Core valuesDefined generally Defined in STEM, math in particularDefined in humanities & in arts Defined across generationsRendered “compositionist”

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“Framing” values: Strategizing

Defined generally Defined in economicsDefined across STEMDefined in linguisticsDefined in the artsCompositionist?

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Placing values before the publicDefined generally: Wisdom of the crowd Defined & done in STEMDefined & done in artsTo the compositionist: “Self-criticism as well as criticism”

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Generating, building, re-building…

What is being built? Who is doing the building? How is this building happening?For whom is the building being done?Why is it happening… and why right now? Why/how does it matter to whom?

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Compositionism on two axes Academic areas: STEM & arts/humanities Age/generations: Boomers & beyond…Millennials & more

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Compositionism among educators: academe

The four tenets, summarized for schools:Core values, frames, publishing, building

The four tenets from “above” & “within”:Administration, faculty, staff, students

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Compositionism & age: Millennials’ values?

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Compositionism & age: Millennials’ values! Reverse mentorship Culture of open collaboration Flexibility (no fixed schedule or hours)Opportunities no matter the age, sex, ethnicityCommunities count (internal & external, real & virtual)Quality of (the good!) life counts“Latest greatest technology” leverages innovation“Because we have always done it that way” doesn’t matter

Who knows what? Generated values & frames

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What’s to know?What counts?

Age? Academics? “Life experience”? Core values? Frames? Making things public?

Building?How should/ought compositionism occur?What are the “takeaways”?

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