The New Humanities Lab is a problem-based learning lab defined by the four core principles of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute:
- Interdisciplinarity: problem-based learning requires that students learn interdisciplinary ways of questioning, ways of knowing, ways of narrating, ways of being, ways of critiquing, and ways of imagining the world
- Experimentation: from conceptualization, to data collection, to analysis, to communication, the lab encourages students to experiment with new methods, new conceptual frameworks, and new forms of creative expression
- Collaboration: while team science is not generally practiced in the humanities, it’s becoming increasingly important for projects that recognize the value of diverse perspectives and experiences in addressing problems, that seek to address complex problems, that intend to pursue large research grants
- Public Engagement: working with diverse publics throughout the life span of a project is essential to developing thoughtful research projects that have the capacity to reach beyond academia