{"product_id":"case-for-the-humanities","title":"The Case for the Humanities — UCL","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn easily readable online PDF for a conversation about what makes us human.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupported by UCL’s Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding, the Enquiry explored the value of the Humanities and their place in a changing world. Its discussions connected five themes: arts, the economy, education, politics and sciences. Together, they considered how the Humanities help us interpret experience, question assumptions and understand one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eUrban Good’s contribution\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were asked to create an easily readable online PDF that would help readers find their way through a wide-ranging academic discussion. Working again with Benedict Richards of Graphicay, Urban Good designed and laid out the March 2022 preliminary report.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design gives a consistent structure to material that moves between introductory arguments, shared insights and detailed reports from the five thematic groups. Clear typography, generous margins and a restrained palette help organise the longer passages. Deep teal section openings give key statements space, while coloured icons introduce the pressures shaping the debate, from market forces and big data to the climate emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDesigned for reading on screen\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClear tabs along the bottom of the pages act as live links, allowing readers to jump directly to chapters. This navigation makes it easy to move between the main findings and the thematic reports, or return to a section without scrolling through the whole document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result brings the care of publication design to an online reading experience: a report that can be read from beginning to end or explored chapter by chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA continuing conversation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe March 2022 publication presented the Enquiry’s preliminary findings. UCL subsequently published a major report in June 2024, continuing the discussion about the Humanities’ contribution to research, education and public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRead the report and explore the project\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/7770\/3470\/files\/An_Enquiry_on_the_Case_for_the_Humanities_-_Preliminary_Findings.pdf?v=1792750264\"\u003eDownload the March 2022 preliminary report\u003c\/a\u003e as a free PDF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/research-innovation\/case-studies\/2020\/oct\/ucl-enquiry-case-humanities\"\u003eVisit UCL’s project page\u003c\/a\u003e to read more about the Enquiry and find its later report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UCL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58916607394175,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/7770\/3470\/files\/urban-good-ucl-case-for-humanities-cover.png?v=1792749852","url":"https:\/\/www.urbangood.org\/products\/case-for-the-humanities","provider":"UrbanGood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}