Established in 1996, the 文化博天堂官方网站所 & 社会 (ICS) is a public 人文学科 hub at 州立鲍灵格林大学. Our aim is to encourage innovation in the arts, 人文学科, 以及社会科学, and to communicate the value and significance of that work to the wider public.

ICS delivers programs and initiatives that 授权 BGSU faculty, 学生, staff and community members to leverage the strengths of the 人文学科 to serve the public good.  We encourage you to explore our website to learn about the work ICS does and how you can become a part of our community!  

我们的使命

ICS seeks to 授权 people and communities to leverage the strengths of the 人文学科 to serve the public good.

在集成电路, we employ the 人文学科 to inspire and 授权 diverse publics to use their voices, 经历, and expertise to contribute to the public good. We define the 人文学科 as the qualitative study of society and culture, the written and oral narratives that shape people’s lived experience and potential for change. We define the public good as increasing access, 股本, 以及社会机遇, 文化, 公民参与.

我们的愿景  

To make the world more equitable, just, and inclusive.

ICS strives to be a place where nuanced conversation and 有意义的 connections are made, and where complexity and ambiguity are valued. ICS力求减少进入的障碍, 挑战学科孤岛, and overcome the constraints imposed by the structures of higher education, ensuring that the university serves to benefit, 授权, 改善当地人民的生活.  

我们的原则

建模包括

我们是包容的典范, 股本, and accessibility on campus and beyond with programs and events whose participants are representative of our constituent communities’ 多样性 (e.g., range of abilities; race; class; university employment status and ranks, etc.). We utilize an intersectional approach to 股本, 多样性, and inclusivity in order to reduce social inequality and ensure the full, 有意义的, 以及我们的选民的公平参与.

有意合作

We build bridges and offer opportunities for cooperation and co-creation of the efforts we pursue, rather than making decisions internally that then need buy-in.

授权他人

We 授权 others to identify problems and co-create solutions, particularly those who are marginalized and are too often silenced by multiple, 压迫的交叉系统. We are more effective and impactful when we value the unique perspectives, 人才, 以及所有组成部分的经验.

以开放的心态来

好奇心是驱动ICS的引擎. We continuously explore and seek to expand the possibilities of what the 人文学科 actually do and how they contribute to the public good.

质疑现状

We bring a spirit of inquiry to everything we do and act in ways that help us think beyond disciplinary and functional silos in order to connect outcomes for complex, 有细微差别的多方面问题.

访问声明   

The 文化博天堂官方网站所 and 社会 is committed to curating fully accessible 经历 for all users. We believe that equitable access to information is a basic human right, and we strive to ensure that our programming and online presence are accessible for all users including those with visual, 听觉, 物理, 演讲, 认知, 语言, 学习, 以及神经障碍.  

If any elements of our website are inaccessible to you, please email ics@nbshgold.com.  

土地确认

州立鲍灵格林大学 and its affiliated campuses are situated in the homelands of numerous 土著 and Native tribal nations. Our campus footprint holds many contemporary and historical ties to the Wyandot, 基卡普人, 迈阿密, Odawa, Potawatomi and multiple other 土著 tribal nations, 现在和过去, who were forcibly removed to and from the area.

This area's history reveals an arterial network of complex economic and 文化 significance. 我们承认管家的职责, 奉献, and presence of those for whom the Great Black Swamp and the Lower Great Lakes region is home. Through this statement, we aim to trace the past to the present to inform current conditions. It is within BGSU's responsibility as an academic institution to disseminate knowledge about 土著 peoples and the University’s relationships, 过去和现在, 部落国家和个人. 

像这样, we recognize the forced relocation of tribal nations to and from this land and we strive to decolonize history and present conditions. We thank 土著 individuals and communities who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. This type of acknowledgment must not only be through statement, 但在行动和实践中也是如此, 以培育包容, 相互尊重和可持续发展的社区.  

致ICS社区, we ask that you commit yourselves to acknowledging, 寻址, and confronting systemic inequality in your communities. This includes combatting: the absence of representation from Black, 土著, 和有色人种(BIPOC), 酷儿, and disabled communities; stereotyping; and inequities in education, 住房, 健康, 法律, 和商业. To learn more about the land acknowledgement and to find more resources, please visit http://vkwqnh.nbshgold.com/land-acknowledgment.html.