Congress of the Humanities: Janine Brodie on Scholarship for an Uncertain World

  Janine Brodie knows we live in a world unsettled by multiple and overlapping crises of the political, economic, social and environmental. But this pervasive uncertainty has not dampened popular demands for social justice and equity. In fact, they have intensified. However, according to Brodie, the assault on social knowledge has obscured the traditional role academia plays in "speaking truth to power." Have a listen.