But Professor, What Are the Humanities For? - Rodden, JohnPresents a speech given by John Rodden, author and adjunct professor in the Department of Speech Communications at the University of Texas, to the Annual Meeting of the Texas Council for the Humanities in Austin, Texas, on November 30, 2001. View that humanities are useful for helping find essential humanity and cultivating human beings; Thoughts on value which is placed on information and data, which can be turned into knowledge; Value of art and culture, and of being fully alive.
