This week, I am putting together the program for the fifth edition of the Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conference. You should expect the program to look quite different than it has in past years. For I have reformatted both the overall structure of the conference and the structure of sessions themselves to enable a […]
Krushil Watene: Indigenous Philosophy and Intergenerational Justice, Oct.17, 2024, 3-5pm AEST, Online
Thursday 17 October 2024 3 – 5pm AEST Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Tonga, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau This lecture details several insights for the pursuit and realisation of intergenerational justice that Indigenous philosophies contain. Following an explanation of some key Māori concepts in particular, I outline an intergenerational orientation that […]
Appeals to Merit and Luck as Forms of Structural Gaslighting
Two longstanding concerns of analytic liberal political philosophy and ethics are how to justify egalitarianism and how a theory of egalitarianism should deal with so-called human variation. These concerns have given rise to questions about what people are owed and what they deserve. Are social inequalities between individuals justified if they occur due to differences […]
Marginalized Body Epistemologies and 4E Embodied Cognition, Oct. 4-6, 2024, Spelman/Online
PROGRAM Marginalized Body Epistemologies and 4E Embodied Cognition Spelman College, October 4-6 Friday: 5-6: Meet and greet 6-7:15- Keynote Elena Clare Cuffari “Truth in Language: Gendered Practices of Participation and Power,” Department of Psychology, Embodied Approaches to Communication and Cognition Lab, Franklin and Marshall College Dinner on your own (Recommended@ Lee and White area or Castleberry […]
Ableist Language and Other Everyday Assaults on Disabled People
This return to a post of January 2019 is a reminder that the use of ableist language is not merely about a certain choice of words but rather produces (and reproduces) certain ableist ontologies and epistemologies. Some philosophers and theorists of disability continue to employ the ableist term people with disabilities which has been dubbed […]
CFA: Special Issue of Wicazo Sa Review-Indigeneity and Disability: Honoring All Our Relations
Wicazo Sa Review is honored to announce a call for abstracts for a special issue on Indigeneity and Disability: Honoring All Our Relations. We seek articles, stories, essays, artwork, photography and poetry to highlight the important spectrum of diversity across our tribal nations. Indigenous peoples have their own unique worldviews and stories of diverse relations rooted […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
Race in the Modern World II: Decolonisation and the Future of Race, Sept. 2-3, 2024, Macquarie University/Online
The Macquarie University Ethics & Agency Research Centre is organising a two-day interdisciplinary workshop on decolonisation and the future of race. This is a hybrid workshop (both in-person and online). Date: September 2nd & 3rd Location: Macquarie University, Michael Kirby Building (17 Wally’s Walk), Moot Court (Level 2). Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-in-the-modern-world-part-2-decolonisation-and-the-future-of-race-tickets-989987538377?aff=oddtdtcreator In this workshop, we bring together a diverse range of scholars to […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
AI Ethics in Africa, Sept. 14, 2024, 3pm SAT, Online
A-day Virtual Colloquium on AI ETHICS IN AFRICA September 14, 2024 15:00/3 pm (South Africa Time) and 14:00/2 pm (Nigeria Time) Description In recent years, there has been a rapid development in Artificial intelligence (AI). Some of these developments include smartphones, factory arms, autonomous cars, AI wristwatches, ChatGPT4, griefbots, robot surgeons, and robot lawyers. This […]
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