In her excellent and provocative post the other day, Melinda drew attention to a number of the political, social, and economic implications of and issues that surround “natural” disasters, including the ways that these disasters tie into climate change and the warming of the planet. Melinda and her family have now evacuated. The last word […]
CFA: Climate Justice and [Political, Moral, Economic] Feasibility (deadline: Nov. 30, 2019)
Issues regarding equity and justice in mitigating and adapting to climate change have been prominent since the start of international negotiations. Their importance have been enshrined in various policy documents, including the UNFCCC treaty’s principle of common-but-differentiated-responsibilities. At the same time, both activists and scholars across various disciplines have developed a number of perspectives on […]
CFP: Terror on Tour 2019: Nothing to Declare, Trinity College Dublin, Sept. 6, 2019 (deadline: Jul. 31, 2019)
Terror on Tour 2019: Nothing to Declare Sept. 6, 2019 – Arts Technology Research Lab (ATRL), Trinity College Dublin TERROR ON TOUR is an international and interdisciplinary network of scholars, artists and activists whose research and work engages with the multiple manifestations of terror in our epoch: from climate change to mass extinction; from the […]
CFP: Global Structural Injustice and Minority Rights, Northeastern, Boston, Mar. 13-15, 2020 (deadline: July 1, 2019)
Keynote Speakers Avigail Eisenberg, University of Victoria Stephen Gardiner, University of Washington Catherine Lu, McGill University Conference Theme The concept of structural injustice is one that has been given a lot of attention by political philosophers in recent years. Iris Young defined structural injustice as a kind of moral wrong that is distinct from unjust, […]
CFP: The Philosophical Dimensions of Urban Transportation (deadline: Mar. 31, 2019)
Essays in Philosophy is accepting submissions for a special issue called The Philosophical Dimensions of Urban Transportation. Volume 21, Number 2Issue Date: July 2019Submission Deadline: March 31, 2019General Editor: Ramona Ilea (Pacific University)Issue Editor: Shane Epting (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Geographers, urban planners, and interdisciplinary scholars have made numerous contributions toward understanding urban transportation. Until […]
Climate Change: An Unprecedentedly Old Catastrophe (Guest Post)
This article is a slightly adapted version of an article published online in Grafting Issue 1 (June 2018) by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Blackwood Gallery* (Toronto, Ontario). Guest Post by Kyle Whyte Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island have already passed through human-caused ecological catastrophe at least once in their history. […]
