{"627968":{"#nid":"627968","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty from King Mongkut\u0027s University of Technology Thonburi Explore Humanities at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe presence and role of the humanities and social sciences at a technical institute\u0026nbsp;is not only a topic discussed among faculty at North American universities. Recently, eleven guests from King Mongkut\u0026rsquo;s University of Technology Thonburi (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/global.kmutt.ac.th\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKMUTT\u003C\/a\u003E) in\u0026nbsp;Thailand\u0026nbsp;visited the Georgia Institute of Technology to discuss the intersection of humanities and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As we realized at our May symposium on Humanistic Perspectives at Technological Universities, institutions focusing on science and technology world-wide share similar opportunities and challenges.\u0026nbsp;KMUTT\u0026rsquo;s liberal arts are currently only auxiliary to the lead disciplinary areas and majors on their campus,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) Chair Richard Utz.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to\u0026nbsp;Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Bundit Thipakorn\u0026nbsp;and Vice President for Education Development Panuthat Boonpramuk, the delegation included colleagues from KMUTT\u0026#39;s Schools of Liberal Arts and Architecture as well as several colleagues from their Learning Institute.\u0026nbsp;According to Utz, the KMUTT faculty found that they shared many of the same challenges and opportunities as faculty from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The KMUTT university leadership\u0026nbsp;recognizes the central importance of human-centered academic work, including communication and collaboration, and that\u0026#39;s why they wanted to meet and connect with us. It is clear\u0026nbsp;KMUTT\u0026nbsp;sees us as an aspirational institution that is\u0026nbsp;closer to the kind of integration of the sciences, engineering, and technology they would like to reach themselves,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;Utz said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELMC is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe presence and role of the humanities and social sciences at a technical institute\u0026nbsp;is not only a topic discussed among faculty at North American universities. Recently, eleven guests from King Mongkut\u0026rsquo;s University of Technology Thonburi (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/global.kmutt.ac.th\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKMUTT\u003C\/a\u003E) in\u0026nbsp;Thailand\u0026nbsp;visited Georgia Tech to discuss the intersection of humanities and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The delegation visited with School of Literature, Media, and Communication Chair Richard Utz to discuss the intersection of the humanities and technology."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-10-23 17:43:14","changed_gmt":"2019-10-23 18:34:27","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"627975":{"id":"627975","type":"image","title":"KMUTT","body":null,"created":"1571852863","gmt_created":"2019-10-23 17:47:43","changed":"1571852863","gmt_changed":"2019-10-23 17:47:43","alt":"A photo of Faculty from\u00a0King Mongut\u0027s University of Technology Thonburi posing with LMC Chair Richard Utz","file":{"fid":"239127","name":"KMUTT1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KMUTT1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KMUTT1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":225586,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/KMUTT1.jpg?itok=srnfL2q2"}},"627979":{"id":"627979","type":"image","title":"KMUTT with Richard Utz","body":null,"created":"1571853123","gmt_created":"2019-10-23 17:52:03","changed":"1571853123","gmt_changed":"2019-10-23 17:52:03","alt":"A photo of LMC Chair Richard Utz speaking with faculty from\u00a0King Mongut\u0027s University of Technology Thonburi.","file":{"fid":"239128","name":"KMUTT2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KMUTT2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KMUTT2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":109247,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/KMUTT2.jpg?itok=JfhrbbDJ"}}},"media_ids":["627975","627979"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181056","name":"School of Literature  Media and Communication"},{"id":"39781","name":"LMC"},{"id":"33431","name":"Richard Utz"},{"id":"182749","name":"King Mongkut\u0027s University of Technology Thonburi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}