The Necessity of Public Humanities

Post-secondary institutions have, for decades, had little to no relationship with local communities and their projects/programming, However, recently as the university has begun to take seriously the benefits of practices such as \u27experiential learning\u27, \u27community engagement, \u27knowledge mobilization\u27, and \u27civic duty\u27, public humanities as an emerging field has begun to present itself as a priority for many in the academy. In this research, the feasibility of the public humanities as an avenue for the academe and the community to meaningfully collaborate is discussed and tested