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From: Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt)
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Subject: Re: A Hum Domain (also: how about a hum charter?)
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Date: 15 Feb 90 20:42:42 GMT
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In article <1990Feb12.205140.1250@everexn.uucp>
 karen@everexn.uucp (Karen Valentino) writes:
>ka@cs.washington.edu (Kenneth Almquist) writes:
>
>>Subjects like anthropology are usually referred to as social sciences
>>rather than as humanities.  So how about "hss", short for "humanities
>>and social sciences"?
>
>
>So far, I like hss and hum the best of the proposed domain names.  Any
>other ideas out there?  I'd also like to hear more from people about
>their concerns about the complexities of starting up another domain.  It
>may be that we should see if there's some kind of consensus for or against
>the process.
>

As I understand it, the purpose of hum is to encompass art, literature,
etc.; it is concerned with synthesis more than analysis (does it
includes crafts and design?).  Since "syn" is bound to be
misinterpreted, how about "creative" for the creative "sciences"?
Is there a rule that it has to be 3 letters?

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