Humanities Exposed (HEX)
In 2005, the Center for the Humanities began supporting a select number of graduate student projects, convened outside the boundaries of academia. Each one features a collaboration with a community partner. The Public Humanities Exchange program (otherwise known as "HEX”) goes beyond volunteerism and the pure research model, to offer graduate students and partners the chance to form mutually rewarding relationships with surprising outcomes. Integrating a number of programs into one, Public Humanities Exchange projects incorporate dynamic outreach, community-based research, public humanities, service learning, and grant funding.
Outcomes
Now in its tenth year, the HEX program has developed long-lasting relationships with community partners throughout Madison that allow for graduate students to successfully develop short-term projects that still address community needs. In the 2015-16 year, those projects ranged from student-produced digital narratives of the Ojibwe Winter Games, an oral history of Madison’s dual language immersion program, a mixed media portrait workshop at Oakhill Correctional Institute, a Latino youth research collective, and more.
Focus Areas
Project Leader
Lenora Hanson
Program Coordinator
- Department/Unit
- Center for the Humanities
- School or College
- College of Letters & Science