Abstract This chapter examines a transdisciplinary research project that develops eye tracking hardware and software for the purpose of art creation. Interdisciplinarity transdisciplinarity are defined in relation to development health humanities as field inherently draws from multiple disciplines. Transdisciplinary is seen transcend disciplinary boundaries integrate community collaboration mod...

Humanities Computing is an emergent field. The activities described as ‘Humanities Computing’ continue to expand in number and sophistication, yet no concrete definition of the field exists, and there are few academic departments that specialize in this area. Most introspection regarding the role, meaning, and focus of ‘‘Humanities Computing’’ has come from a practical and pragmatic perspective...

BACKGROUND Medical schools are currently charged with a lack of education as far as empathic/relational skills and the meaning of being a health-care provider are concerned, thus leading to increased interest in medical humanities. DISCUSSION Medical humanities can offer an insight into human illness and in a broader outlook into human condition, understanding of one self, responsibility. An ...

The humanities and arts are appropriate areas of study within interdisciplinary medicine. Medicine has long been considered to be both a science and an art. Within each patient, the psychological, emotional, spiritual, and the physical are all inextricably linked. The values, ideas and images of individuals and culture, as well as the way the human body and mind physically function and dysfunct...

contested and exciting field, as well as of its future directions. The volume describes the breadth and depth of how the humanities engage with the digital and information technology, including discipline-specific studies and perspectives, research infrastructure, innovative tools, and creative expression. We are committed in and through the volume to articulate an expansive and large-scale vis...

THE SEEMINGLY LIGHT-HEARTED, yet in fact serious, title of my lecture requires some explanation. This lecture celebrated the Centenary of the British Psychological Society, hosted by the British Academy (whose centenary is but one year later). The British Academy covers both the Humanities (Archaeology, Modern Languages, Literature, History, Theology, Philosophy, etc.) and the Social Sciences (...