The Closer We Are Together the Further We Are from Care (or so it seems)
Location
Janet Ayers Academic Center, Room 4094
Presentation Type
Panel Discussion
Start Date
22-9-2025 12:00 PM
Description
Today, more humans than ever live in urban settings; one might expect that to mean that in times of need as “U-social” beings we would be more supported by members of our surrounding communities. Yet, often nothing seems further from the truth: many of us barely know the names of neighbors. While the rise of the pseudo-sociality of the internet is often cited as the primary cause of this, the members of this panel will reflect on the underpinnings of neighborliness especially in settings where neighbors might be much further apart, physically and in some cases culturally, in the works of Willa Cather, Jane Austen, and de Toqueville, with a possible foray into the works of a few medieval writers and invite discussion on why neighborliness seems to be so much harder to retain as we move closer together.
Recommended Citation
Gustke, Charmion; Murray, Douglas; and Griffith, Nathan, "The Closer We Are Together the Further We Are from Care (or so it seems)" (2025). Humanities Symposium. 31.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2025/2025/31
The Closer We Are Together the Further We Are from Care (or so it seems)
Janet Ayers Academic Center, Room 4094
Today, more humans than ever live in urban settings; one might expect that to mean that in times of need as “U-social” beings we would be more supported by members of our surrounding communities. Yet, often nothing seems further from the truth: many of us barely know the names of neighbors. While the rise of the pseudo-sociality of the internet is often cited as the primary cause of this, the members of this panel will reflect on the underpinnings of neighborliness especially in settings where neighbors might be much further apart, physically and in some cases culturally, in the works of Willa Cather, Jane Austen, and de Toqueville, with a possible foray into the works of a few medieval writers and invite discussion on why neighborliness seems to be so much harder to retain as we move closer together.
Comments
The Theme of September 22 is "Seek Excellence with Humility"