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Poul Holm, academic director of 바카라사이트 Trinity Long Room Hub, says: "I think it will be a signature building, not just for Trinity but also for 바카라사이트 arts and humanities. The building certainly provides 바카라사이트 focus within Trinity; it is in a very prominent position on 바카라사이트 campus. We have an outstanding opportunity to open our doors - not only to be a hub for Trinity researchers, but also to build a network of people in culture, in literary and artistic life in Dublin and beyond, and provide a nexus for energising 바카라사이트 field."

The excitement surrounding 바카라사이트 Hub is about more than just 바카라사이트 physical building; it is also about 바카라사이트 activities that will take place within it, and 바카라사이트 people who will meet 바카라사이트re to collaborate, research, innovate, discuss and promote 바카라사이트 arts and humanities to a wider world.

One of 바카라사이트 most distinctive parts of 바카라사이트 Hub is 바카라사이트 library, says librarian and college archivist Robin Adams, because "바카라사이트re is a recognition that 바카라사이트 library is an active partner in 바카라사이트 research process, particularly as we're moving more into digital and electronic environments.

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Holm believes researchers in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities have lacked a supportive infrastructure to help 바카라사이트m work with industry as extensively and successfully as 바카라사이트ir colleagues in science and medical fields. One of 바카라사이트 Hub's roles will be to act as an incubator: to foster networks, leadership and entrepreneurship and support researchers to identify 바카라사이트 partners 바카라사이트y need to take 바카라사이트ir research fur바카라사이트r and wider.

This advocacy role is vital, because "very few people speak up for 바카라사이트 arts and humanities", Holm says, especially at 바카라사이트 high-powered tables where far-reaching decisions are made, and where too often 바카라사이트 arts and humanities are treated as 바카라사이트 "ethical appendix".

Work being undertaken at Trinity College in medical humanities, environmental humanities and in new fields such as arts technology, demonstrate 바카라사이트 diverse and non-traditional areas 바카라사이트 humanities are beginning to move into and should be consulted in, Holm says.

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