{"id":835,"date":"2021-06-21T15:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T13:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/?p=835"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T13:48:35","slug":"new-division-report-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/2021\/06\/new-division-report-out\/","title":{"rendered":"New Division Report out!"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Transformative<\/a>, to Defining<\/a>, to the Intergrative Humanities<\/a>. The Division has published reports since the beginning of the 1990s, but only in the last six years on a biennial basis. The first years the reports were annual, basic information on staff, courses, seminars, and activities. Since 2015 the reports are themed and open up to all the voices at the Divison with a mix of deep analyzis of publishing patterns, basic information on projects, staff, events etc. and personal reflections from the people who worked with the Divison during the two years represented. The report on Intergrative Humanities was released on June 17, and sums up the two very diverse years, 2019 and 2020.<\/div>\n

The theme of the current report reflects our thinking around how humanities knowledge is gaining in significance, which is increasingly by engaging in broad and complex problems that require multiple competencies. – Sverker S\u00f6rlin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As a teaser we are republishing the following piece (pp. 14-15). If you want to read the whole thing, download the report and read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Work Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Sabine H\u00f6hler<\/a> and Sofia Jonsson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

F<\/span><\/span>rom two hectic but very exciting years <\/span><\/span>with numerous new projects, employees <\/span><\/span>and events, the pace indeed slowed down <\/span><\/span>somewhat during 2019 at the Division. We <\/span><\/span>continued to fill our calendars with both <\/span><\/span>bigger and smaller events. We also ordered <\/span><\/span>noise-cancelling earphones and started a <\/span><\/span>subscription to plants for our corridors. We <\/span><\/span>stopped expanding and instead settled on <\/span><\/span>a number of around 50 employees, which <\/span><\/span>remained steady through the end of 2020. <\/span><\/span>During this period, we also hired our third <\/span><\/span>administrator, making the admin team <\/span><\/span>complete.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Home office in \u00c4lvsj\u00f6, Ziggy Stardust the Cat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trying to think back to 2019 during an <\/span><\/span>ongoing pandemic is slightly challenging. <\/span><\/span>We remember that it was the usual busy year <\/span><\/span>full of events and full of the small things we <\/span><\/span>all took for granted then. We started the year <\/span><\/span>with an on-site Higher Seminar with our <\/span><\/span>doctoral student Jean-Sebasti\u00e9n Boutet, and we continued with Marco Armiero\u2019s <\/span>Docent lecture. Per H\u00f6gselius held his <\/span>inaugural lecture as a new professor in <\/span>history of technology. These events were <\/span>likely framed by cake in the kitchen. We also <\/span>initiated a Thursday afternoon fika, a regular <\/span>coffee break for the intake of cake and other <\/span>sweets. Our work environment was very <\/span>much stomach-steered. Work place meetings <\/span>would always involve the traditional \u201cfralla\u201d <\/span>or bun. Our two corridors were filled with <\/span>employees and guests, we met over a lunch, <\/span>a coffee and a chat in the kitchen most every <\/span>workday. Our families joined us for the <\/span>annual picnic to kick off the summer break. <\/span>To kick off the fall term, we travelled to Falun <\/span>and climbed down into the old copper mines. <\/span>A happy crowd decorated for Christmas <\/span>before we all sang carols to a nice cup of <\/span>\u201cgl\u00f6gg\u201d before the Holidays.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Being such a social work place, with <\/span><\/span>a spirit built on collegiality, food, and a <\/span><\/span>friendly atmosphere on site, the pandemic <\/span><\/span>and the new restrictions it entailed were a <\/span><\/span>huge adjustment and a struggle for many <\/span><\/span>of us. In March 2020, new regulations sent <\/span><\/span>us all into home office and our guests were <\/span><\/span>forced to return to their home countries. <\/span><\/span>Our workplace meetings moved to Zoom <\/span><\/span>and the archives around the world were left <\/span><\/span>unexplored. The spontaneous chat over a <\/span><\/span>coffee in the kitchen seemed impossible to <\/span><\/span>replace in the digital space. Some of us ended <\/span><\/span>up in complete lockdown with kids at home, <\/span><\/span>adding Teletubbies to their workday. On top <\/span><\/span>of this, we experienced Zoom fatigue from <\/span><\/span>all our online meetings and we developed a <\/span><\/span>vulture neck after sitting crouched in a bad <\/span><\/span>working position at a temporary desk for far <\/span><\/span>too many hours. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Home office, Sabine H\u00f6hler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Was it all that bad? No, we did manage to <\/span><\/span>create some great memories together after all. <\/span><\/span>In June we had an open-air party to celebrate <\/span><\/span>Daniele Valisena\u2019s PhD defense. In August <\/span><\/span>we had a \u201chub\u201d kick off, where we met in <\/span><\/span>smaller groups spread out over Stockholm in <\/span><\/span>colleagues\u2019 gardens, discussing teaching and <\/span><\/span>work environment both in smaller groups <\/span><\/span>on site and over Zoom. We had a small and <\/span><\/span>spread-out mingle for Jesse Peterson when <\/span><\/span>he defended his PhD thesis in October, with <\/span><\/span>cheese, songs and tears in the kitchen. Not to <\/span><\/span>forget that at long last we could welcome our <\/span><\/span>overseas colleagues to our online Division <\/span><\/span>meetings. In addition, we got to enjoy the <\/span><\/span>unexpected delivery of a piano to the Division <\/span><\/span>in Real Time during a work place meeting!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Transformative, to Defining, to the Intergrative Humanities. The Division has published reports since the beginning of the 1990s, but only in the last six years on a biennial basis. The first years the reports were annual, basic information on staff, courses, seminars, and activities. 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