Ugly Place (2022) By Laura Deal,
2024
Doctoral Student, Teachers College, Columbia University
Ugly Place (2022) By Laura Deal, Samantha Piede
Picture Books
Many of us can recall moments when we were stopped dead in our tracks and experienced selfless awe – sometimes in nature, sometimes in art, sometimes in the beauty of another person. The inarticulacy of these moments may present an interesting philosophical struggle for both children and adults trying to capture these phenomena. Still, the recognition that these moments are possible – and ethically significant – presents opportunities for rich discussion. The Ugly Place highlights the importance of moments in which we are reminded that we are not, in fact, the center of the universe – for it is more …
Southwest Sunrise (2020) By Nikki Grimes,
2024
Montclair State University
Southwest Sunrise (2020) By Nikki Grimes, Maughn Rollins Gregory
Picture Books
A genuine philosophical inquiry into the natural world has to begin with a genuine encounter with that world. In this arresting picture book by Nikki Grimes, a young boy named Jayden from New York City is forced into such an encounter when his parents relocate to the desert of New Mexico. This review focuses on suggestions the book offers for experiencing a natural landscape deeply, like slowing down, using all the senses, trying ‘beginner’s mind,’ making art, and using a field guide.
Exposing The Camera: The Pedagogical Possibilities Of Critical Camera-Based Arts Curriculum,
2024
Virginia Commonwealth University
Exposing The Camera: The Pedagogical Possibilities Of Critical Camera-Based Arts Curriculum, Oscar Keyes
Theses and Dissertations
Cameras are a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives, especially in schools, found in students’ smartphones and state-of-the-art surveillance systems. This research project emerged from an iterative redesign process of a Photography for Art Education course, structured around the camera’s dual nature as a tool for creative expression and social control. While cameras have long been used to address social issues through documentary techniques; this critical eye can be turned onto the apparatus itself. This study drew heavily upon the historical work of Allan Sekula (1986), who observed how easier access to cameras resulted in both democratization (for the People) …
After The Collapse: Herman Melville’S And Friedrich Nietzsche's Existentialism,
2024
Northern Illinois University
After The Collapse: Herman Melville’S And Friedrich Nietzsche's Existentialism, Ryan L. Smith
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
This dissertation compares the works of Herman Melville and Friedrich Nietzsche. Melville and Nietzsche articulate similar arguments about the collapse of Christian metaphysics as a traditional philosophical system. Both authors recognize the moral, intellectual, and spiritual void this collapse revealed, and they craft similar texts that illustrate humanity’s emotional turmoil facing the abyss. In addition to these scenes of upheaval, Melville and Nietzsche promote the importance of the individual’s will to overcome the possible fall into psychological nihilism resulting from recognizing the emptiness of traditional religion’s teachings. Melville’s and Nietzsche’s striving against complete despair in the wake of this collapse …
Shame Clogs The Arteries Of Love: How To Love In The Face Of Shame And Conditions Of Oppression,
2024
Claremont Colleges
Shame Clogs The Arteries Of Love: How To Love In The Face Of Shame And Conditions Of Oppression, Theodore J.M. Siasat
CMC Senior Theses
Love and shame, on its face, are at odds with one another. Love tends to foster connection while shame makes one want to hide and isolate oneself. This thesis aims to resolve this tension, particularly in cases of mistaken shame, where the ashamed agent need not feel ashamed, such as in cases of internalized racism, sexism, etc. To do so, this thesis begins by exploring similar cases of love driving people away, looking at (1) love under conditions of oppression and (2) love as seen in Vida Yao’s “Grace and Alienation,” where she is also concerned with ashamed beloveds. …
Decolonizing Yoga: Historical Perspectives And Contemporary Practices,
2024
University of Central Florida
Decolonizing Yoga: Historical Perspectives And Contemporary Practices, Archana Ram
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Over the last few decades, yoga has become a multi-billion-dollar industry in the West. This industry is typically represented by glossy photographs of thin white women in physical postures. Given its religious origins in South Asia, this mass marketing of yoga has raised important questions about Western commodification and cultural appropriation. As a result, counter-movements have emerged to “Take Back Yoga” and “Honor the Cultural Roots of Yoga.” This thesis analyzes a range of critical-constructive responses to the commodification and colonization of yoga. It focuses on two case studies: Susanna Barkataki, an American yoga teacher of Indian descent, and Kallie …
Augustinian Composition Pedagogy And The Catholic Liberal Arts In The Time Of Generative Ai,
2024
Ave Maria University
Augustinian Composition Pedagogy And The Catholic Liberal Arts In The Time Of Generative Ai, Gavin F. Hurley
Journal of Catholic Education
This article proposes a theoretical basis of Augustinian composition pedagogy by tracing the symbiotic relationship between writing and knowing found within St. Augustine’s Letters, The Trinity, Soliloquies, and Confessions and connecting them to modern writing-to-learn composition pedagogies. Given today’s trying times of generative AI, this article argues that Catholic schools revitalize the writing arts in a manner proposed by Augustine—that is, to enrich inward contemplation and outward love for others. In embracing such philosophy of writing and applying it across the disciplines, Catholic schools can enrich their distinctively Catholic liberal arts mission—and ward off dangers found in …
Calendar Reforms In Ukrainian Orthodoxy,
2024
Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Calendar Reforms In Ukrainian Orthodoxy, Nataliia Ishchuk
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
The study provides a brief retrospective and the current state of the calendar issue in Ukrainian Orthodoxy. To achieve this, the attitude towards the calendar issue of those Orthodox Ukrainians who, in certain historical periods, lived in Ukrainian territories as part of European states and the Russian Empire, is examined. The ideological discourse of the calendar reform during the existence of the Soviet Union is outlined. Special attention is given to the calendar issue in Independent Ukraine. The reasons, main stages, features, and difficulties of the current transition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the new Julian calendar are systematized. …
An Ideal Science,
2024
Dartmouth College
An Ideal Science, Kyle Singh
Dartmouth College Master’s Theses
Many contemporary debates and distinctions in the philosophy of science stem from a methodological view that takes the project of metaphysics to be descriptive in nature. I argue that if one adopts an approach that looks at how we use and change our concepts instead several key implications follow. The first is that non-trivial conceptual continuity between theories is unavoidable. The second is that Identifying these continuities can help us determine how we ought to develop successive theories. My prime example for a candidate that merits this kind of continuous status are ghost fields in Quantum Field Theory (QFT). In …
Inquiry, Value, And Some Peculiarities Of The Pyrrhonist’S Psychology,
2024
Denison University
Inquiry, Value, And Some Peculiarities Of The Pyrrhonist’S Psychology, Chelsea Bowden
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Taylor, Genealogy, History,
2024
University of Richmond
Taylor, Genealogy, History, Peter Hawes
Honors Theses
In this paper I compare two different genealogies of the idea of the ‘self’: Charles Taylor’s and Michel Foucault’s. I begin by arguing that Taylor’s focus on combating what he calls “subtraction stories” places him in the genealogical tradition with Foucault. I then engage with Foucault's genealogy of the self, which illuminates how the notion of the ‘self’ was constructed as a means of control, which leads him to say we should do away with trying to understand it outside of relations of power. This call for the rejection of the self, I suggest, presents a problem for us, who …
Recent Publications,
2024
Rhode Island School of Design
Recent Publications, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Toward A Sustainable Attitude: Aeathetics, The Arts, And The Environment,
2024
Ca' Foscari University, Italy
Toward A Sustainable Attitude: Aeathetics, The Arts, And The Environment, Roberta Dreon, Diego Mantoan
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
Preface to the Special Issue 2024 of Contemporary Aesthetics.
Feminist Environmental Ethics: A Modern, Intersectional Approach,
2024
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Feminist Environmental Ethics: A Modern, Intersectional Approach, Suzanne E. Scharff
Honors Theses and Capstones
No abstract provided.
Does Hookup Culture Silence Women?,
2024
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Does Hookup Culture Silence Women?, Kylee Rose Rock
Honors Theses and Capstones
The issue of hookup culture on college campuses is of concern to many feminist scholars, given the alarming rates of sexual assault and unsafe sexual experiences in the college setting. This essay argues that hookup culture has the ability to silence women by means of the social landscape which college-aged adults find themselves in today. Further, this essay examines the social experiences of young women on college campuses, and advocates for a change in social habits and scripts through reconsidering our approach to the anti-porn movement in today’s modern culture. Drawing upon literature from Rae Langton’s work, "Speech Acts and …
Torture And Trolleys: Accepting The Nearly Absolute Wrongness Of Philanthropic Torture Of A Perpetrator,
2024
Brigham Young University - Provo
Torture And Trolleys: Accepting The Nearly Absolute Wrongness Of Philanthropic Torture Of A Perpetrator, David Jensen
Faculty Publications
One potentially morally justified use of torture is found in philanthropic torture of a perpetrator (PTP): scenarios in which a perpetrator has instigated significant pending suffering against innocents and in which the suffering can be prevented by means of the perpetrator’s cooperation. These situations involve a clash of two intuitions: that torture is in some strong and obvious sense absolutely morally wrong, and that torture or harm of an immoral perpetrator may be permissible to prevent equally abhorrent, if not greater, moral wrongs. My view is that a dually grounded view—permissible on theoretical grounds but wrong on practical grounds—can do …
The Anatomy Of Physician Fulfillment: Strategies Beyond Burnout,
2024
Antioch University
The Anatomy Of Physician Fulfillment: Strategies Beyond Burnout, Brook Hale
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
The persistent tension and power struggle between healthcare executives and physicians is a prevalent issue in healthcare organizations, often leading to a culture of organizational mistrust. This dynamic stems from perceived conflicting goals: executives are frequently seen as primarily focused on financial outcomes, while physicians are viewed as resistant to change. This study explored how physician fulfillment is experienced at work, with the ultimate goal of identifying potential interventions to bridge the gap between these groups. There is vast research and literature available regarding burnout in healthcare; this research focused on understanding what physicians find fulfilling in their work and …
Editorial,
2024
Rhode Island School of Design
Editorial, Yuriko Saito
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Notices,
2024
Rhode Island School of Design
Notices, Editorial Office
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
Abductive Empiricism: The Significance Of Substance In Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary,
2024
Eastern Washington University
Abductive Empiricism: The Significance Of Substance In Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, Jordan Maloney
EWU Masters Thesis Collection
In a world of matter and meaning, philosophical debates revolve around metaphysical connections among entities. Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Peirce see interconnectedness in a continuous process of becoming, Karen Barad explores the constant creation of entities through intra-action, and Erwin Schrӧdinger quantifies the connection between the quantum and the macroscopic world. To add on to this discourse, I argue that ontological connections can be formed between any two static entities based on their shared quantitative data. It is pertinent to note that while this research draws inspiration from Whitehead, Peirce, and Barad, my approach differs significantly. In Whitehead and …
