Subject
The humanities and arts study how people have made meaning: in the record of the past, in language and belief, and in sound, image, movement, and story. History reconstructs how the present came to be, and the arts explore form and expression. Mettica places works and events alongside the structures that shape them, so perception, interpretation, and evidence inform each other.
Structured lessons for humanities & arts are being designed. The disciplines and connections below show how this subject will be organized.
Disciplines
7 disciplines. Each is listed under one subject for browsing, and many connect to others.
Reconstructing the human past from evidence, including the material record of archaeology.
Historiography & method · Political & military history · Economic & social history · Intellectual & cultural history …
Related: Social Sciences
How languages are structured, change over time, are acquired, and are translated.
Descriptive linguistics · Historical & comparative linguistics · Sociolinguistics · Language acquisition …
Related: Social Sciences · Formal Sciences
Written and oral works of imagination, and how they are read and interpreted.
Literary theory & criticism · Poetry · Prose fiction · Drama …
Religions and belief systems: their texts, practices, histories, and ideas.
Comparative religion · History of religion · Sacred texts · Theology …
Related: Philosophy
Making, studying, and interpreting images, objects, and designs.
Painting & drawing · Sculpture · Photography & printmaking · Art history & criticism …
Related: Philosophy · Applied Sciences
Sound organized as art: its theory, history, performance, and cultures.
Theory & composition · Musicology & music history · Performance · Ethnomusicology …
Related: Natural Sciences
Theatre, dance, film, and the other arts of live performance and the moving image.
Theatre · Dance · Opera & musical theatre · Film studies …
Related: Social Sciences
Connections
These concepts pass through humanities & arts and continue into other fields.
Invariance under transformation: formalized as a group, tied to conservation laws, used in structural design and artistic composition, and debated as a question about sameness.
Abrupt structural change: in political orders, in frameworks of thought, and in artistic movements.
A fitting relationship among parts: heard in music, explained by acoustics, and expressed as numerical ratio.
The unbounded: made rigorous in set theory, argued over in metaphysics, and evoked in art.
Depth
Lessons in this domain will follow Mettica’s depth model, from first orientation to research-level questions.
Level 1
Orient the learner before requiring specialized vocabulary.
Level 2
Make distinctions and relationships explicit.
Level 3
Introduce the technical representation appropriate to the field.
Level 4
Expose complexity rather than conceal it.
