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In an important shift, arts will be given new prominence in the federal government’s Innovation agenda along with the humanities and social sciences. Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, gave his address The Art of Innovation to the National Press Club on Thursday 4th September.
In his paper, Carr affirmed “…the humanities, arts and social sciences are critical to solving our most pressing real-world problems. These are problems so complex that our only hope of sorting them out is through a multidisciplinary effort.”
“Without them (humanities, arts and social sciences) it would be impossible to create an innovation system that was truly inclusive, democratic and just. Without them life would also be pretty dull.”
This address formed one of the high points of the HASS in the Capital event organized by the Council for Humanities Arts and Social Sciences.
Read Carr’s paper here
