Liberal Arts 2.0

By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, July 30, 2009.
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A course catalog for a college student in the humanities might include European history, anthropology, or modern American literature.

You’re not likely to find classes in attention economics, mapping, and reality engineering. Those are some of the 21 courses suggested by bloggers and new media types under a project spearheaded by the site Snarkmarket.com.

The goal? To realize a course catalog for the 21st century. Joining us to explain the project is Robin Sloan. He’s vice-president of strategy at Current TV and one of the three principal bloggers at Snarkmarket.

The Boston Phoenix: Rethinking liberal arts in the digital age

Access a free PDF of the book New Liberal Arts

(Photo by Wolfgang Greller via Flickr/Creative Commons)

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