Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor of Comparative Studies, Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore and consolidate the views of Iranian experts in the field of interaction of humanities and social sciences with society. The article begins with a review of ideas such as indigenous science, indigenous humanities, and then the idea of science and society, and then explores the views of foreign researchers in this field. Upon Interview with experts, content analysis has been done through open, axial and selective coding. Then the results were analyzed and drawn using MAXQDA software and a network of themes. Documentary findings based on literature in Iran represent at least five projects related to humanities: 1- Islamization of humanities: 2- Localization of humanities 3- practicalization 4- Empowerment, effectiveness and investment in humanities 5- Commercialization and technologizing humanities. In the section of content analysis, selected categories and codes are: approach, definition and perception of experts from society, para-academic experience, role and function, status of humanities and social sciences, background conditions for interaction, institutions and structures, communication of actors, promotion and generalization, communication and networking, involvement of people and science advisory. Finally, various suggestions for the promotion and improvement of human-social sciences and society are presented.

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