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Oregon Humanities is a journal of ideas and perspectives published three times a year by the Oregon Council for the Humanities. Each issue includes essays and articles that explore a particular theme from a variety of perspectives, broadening the ways in which readers think about a subject and providing a basis for further thoughtful discussion.
Oregon Humanities Fall/Winter 2008
- Kathleen Holt
- EDITOR
- Raina Hassan
- COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT
- Jennifer Viviano
- GRAPHIC DESIGN
- Leigh van der Werff
- COPY EDITOR
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Tom Booth
- Brian Doyle
- Debra Gwartney
- Julia Heydon
- Marianne Keddington-Lang
- Guy Maynard
- Win McCormack
- Camela Raymond
- Kate Sage
- Rich Wandschneider
- Dave Weich
- Curt Yehnert
Oregon Humanities, a journal of ideas and perspectives about the humanities, is published triannually by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, 813 SW Alder Street, Suite 702, Portland, Oregon 97205.
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Civility
- Not Rocking the Boat
- by Amanda Waldroupe
- Why polite conversations are anathema to democracy
- The Great Civility War
- by Todd Schwartz
- Let us all be civil--or I'll beat you to a pulp
- The Puzzle of Propriety
- by Edwin Battistella
- What etiquette books reveal about the dubious nature of manners
- A Prison That Grew to Fit His Face
- Brian Doyle
- A note on incivility
- Civilizing Space
- Artist Tad Savinar and composer Tim DuRoche discuss the small gestures that make a city a good place to live
- The Bubble of Silence
- by Tiffany Lee Brown
- Are some topics, such as childlessness, unfit for polite conversation?
- Relating through Art
- by Eric Gold
- What happens when art becomes more than just a spectator sport?
- Respect Your Elders
- by Caroline Cummins
- Not talking about race with your family
- Field Work:
- From the Director
- Thinking about Art: An OCH grant funds a contemporary art festival that offers context and a chance for interaction.
- By Laura Becker
- A Summer of Social Change: An innovative institute for college students merges journalism and politics
- By Dan Anderson
- Using the Past to Shape the Future: Historian Bill Lang hopes a state encyclopedia will help Oregonians better understand each other.
- By Amanda Waldroupe
- Listening to All Corners of Oregon: An OCH board member's fight to save the Jackson County libraries
- By Raina Hassan
- Short Takes
- Excerpts on the theme of civility: Kafka Comes to America by Portland lawyer Steven T. Wax | "Giving Offense" by OCH board member and Oregon State University professor John Frohnmayer | The Virtue of Civility in the Practice of Politics by George Fox University professor Phil Smith | With Grit and By Grace by Oregon Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts
Departments
Letter from the Editor: In Search of Civility
From Readers
Posts: Readers Write about Civility
Reviews:Town & Country's Social Graces and P.M. Forni's The Civility Solution
Croppings: Portland Art Museum's exhibition Wild Beauty