First part: This article was so hard for me to understand. I still do not have a clear understanding of what humanities is. Honestly. I think that I would describe it as anything that is not math or science. Anything that doesn’t have a clear, concise, and one answer. More so things that require thought, and ideas, and history. In my understanding, from colleges, it’s described as arts and humanities, leading me to understand it is any kind of art, English, history, or in the article it says archeology, which stuck with me. I think one part of this that I really understand is the topic of “humanities defined by their objects”. It goes into the topic of man made v natural objects, and how we as humans can grasp something that is man made better than something that is natural. The last sentence in that section is very understandable for me, as we have to think of everything as humanities from money to natural forces. When the topic of religion comes up, I get confused. More than before. I am not sure how the two really connect. I just can not grasp the supernaturally empowered, or falsifiable knowledge. Second Part: My understanding of During’s is the explanations of the importance of rewriting or recreating someone else’s work. As it will do nothing but increase your understanding of the information, and the author. Learning how they write, picking out the key words they use, all to put together a version you would write. Sometimes just reading an article, or educational writing isn’t enough, so asking questions of what the author means, or answering questions that the author is asking, will also help strengthen the understanding. Knowing the differences between knowing what is quotable, and why is it important as well. “Quote to illustrate your view of a text, to single out terms or passages that strike you in some way as interesting, troubling, ambiguous, or suggestive.”
Keywords:
Rewrite
Recreate
Incorporating
Questions
Quoting
Concepts
Summarize
