Cultural Studies as the new Humanities

Authors

  • Moisés de Lemos Martins Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (CECS)- Universidade do Minho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.100

Keywords:

Cultural Studies, new humanities, Information and Communication Technologies, current, contemporary, image

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to argue that Cultural Studies may be regarded as the new humanities. Cultural Studies focus on ethnic, post-colonial, communication, anthropological, ethnographic and feminist studies, and only ‘very marginally’ have they shown an interest in literature and literary studies (Aguiar & Silva, 2008). But those fields, which ‘Social Science’ rather than the ‘Arts’ have invested in (Ibid., p. 254), are the touchstone of modernity. Today, the concept we have of humankind is, to a large extent, played out in these areas. The questioning of both humankind and modernity has as backdrop the technologically-driven shift of culture from word to image (Martins, 2011 a). My proposal takes into account this debate, while underscoring how Cultural Studies are engaged in what is current and contemporary, which means, in the present and everyday life.

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Published

2015-06-18

How to Cite

Martins, M. de L. (2015). Cultural Studies as the new Humanities. Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies, 3(1), 341–. https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.100