Tisch Lecture
The 2021 Tisch Lecture
Expertise: What Anthropology and The Arts can Contribute to its many Missions
March 18, 2021 | 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Virtual Event
What Anthropology and the Arts Can Contribute to its Many Missions
One of TC’s major missions is to cultivate expertise in health and education. Its credentials mark graduates as experts. However, recent events in the US include strong stands against experts, a resistence John Dewey anticipated as a byproduct of democracy and Lawrence Cremin strove to remedy through accessible dissemination of knowledge. This talk adds to that discussion, pointing out that expertise inevitably involves a narrowing of focus, while the worlds in which experts work are always complex. This talk suggests some ways that anthropology and the arts can contribute to the practice of expertise in its many, diverse missions.
What Anthropology and the Arts Can Contribute to its Many Missions
One of TC’s major missions is to cultivate expertise in health and education. Its credentials mark graduates as experts. However, recent events in the US include strong stands against experts, a resistence John Dewey anticipated as a byproduct of democracy and Lawrence Cremin strove to remedy through accessible dissemination of knowledge. This talk adds to that discussion, pointing out that expertise inevitably involves a narrowing of focus, while the worlds in which experts work are always complex. This talk suggests some ways that anthropology and the arts can contribute to the practice of expertise in its many, diverse missions.
Lecturer Background
The Laurie M. Tisch Visiting Professorship was established in 2000 through the generosity of Trustee Emerita Laurie M. Tisch, to support a visiting faculty member during an academic year. The Distinguished Tisch Lecture is given annually by the visiting faculty to speak about a topic considered important to the future of education in the broadest sense.
Over the past 20 years, the Tisch lecture has continued to inspire audiences through the exploration of education and its impact on society. Past topics have addressed important issues such as educational equity, diversity and citizenship in education, and the implications of technology in both teaching and learning.
Laurie Tisch is the founder of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, which strives to improve access and opportunity for all New Yorkers. The Illumination Fund consistently champions innovative approaches to education, the arts, healthy food and service in order to illuminate strategies that transform our urban landscape.
Lecturers
| 2019-2020 | Derrick P. Alridge | Teachers in Movement: Pedagogy, Activism, and Freedom |
| 2017-2018 | Nathan Fox | Recovery From Severe Psychological Deprivation |
| 2016-2017 | Charles Payne | Claim No Easy Victories: Can the Social Sciences Serve the Equity Interests of the Poor? |
| 2015-2016 | Susanna Loeb | Unless Information? How Information Does and Does Not Help Parents Reach Their Goals for Their Children |
| 2014–2015 | Reed Stevens | Cyborg Learning |
| 2011–2012 | Helen Clark | Education and International Development |
| 2010–2011 | Priscilla Wohlstetter | Sharing responsibilities for public education: Where public meets private—the new education landscape |
| 2009–2010 | Robert Siegler | Leveling the Playing Field for Learning Math |
| 2007–2008 | James A. Banks | Diversity and Citizenship Education in Global Times |
| 2005–2006 | Richard Rothstein | Towards a TC Report Card on Equity in American Education |
| 2003–2004 | Pedro Noguera | City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education |
| 2002–2003 | Jane Junn | Educating Democratic Citizenship: What Good is Education for Democracy |
| 2001–2002 | Vera John Steiner | |
| 2000–2001 | Bernard Gifford | Closing the Chasm Between Promise and Reality: Location-independent Learning and Teaching |