Public Philosophy Journal

10/26/2023

In our latest article, Jason Mays outlines a different idea of property rights to "clear a path to greater tenant protections." Read his piece and a response from Casey Dawkins here: https://buff.ly/3FDXhGB

09/25/2023

It's ! At the PPJ, we're working to make peer review "a catalytic activity that promotes intellectual growth and discovery ... rooted in capacities of collegiality through which we work together to improve the work and enrich public life," as cofounder Chris Long writes in "Practicing Public Scholarship."

We have some exciting things in the works related to peer review—stay tuned for more!

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09/15/2023

Our newest collection debuts today: work from Philosophy in the Wild. Led by Zachary Agoff, Mike Gadomski, and Maja Sidzińska, Philosophy in the Wild experiments with new methods of doing philosophy that include the natural world. The collection includes work from the 2021 and 2022 meetings and will continue to grow with new works added. Check it out here: https://buff.ly/3ZkGp0P

06/13/2023

Today, in a first for PPJ, we've published a children's book!

"Exploring Environmental Justice Year Round in the Greater New Orleans Area" by Siobhan Lash includes Lash's book, The Months of the Year in New Orleans, a young girl's colorful journey through the nature around her.

Lash's work "aims to make green spaces safer for families of color through increasing green education and representation of nonwhite families in these spaces." Along with an illustrated exploration of the diverse nature of New Orleans, Lash offers a guide for parents and a wealth of resources engaging with environmental justice.

Read it here: https://buff.ly/42Ba2ei

05/09/2023

Out today: "The TrustWorkers Project: Challenges and Methods of Building Trust into Public Scholarship"

The team behind the TrustWorkers photovoice project, an exhibition featuring community health workers in NYC, reflects on their process collaborating with workers who "build trust as part of their daily job." Along the way, the team considers important questions about the role of trust in public scholarship broadly, recognizing that "inculcating trust in public scholarship as a practice is equally important as studying what trust is in theory."

Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/3nKAXGa

05/05/2023

The latest article in our 2023 issue is out today. In "What Acceptance Is" Will Daddario of Inviting Abundance offers a philosophical guide to acceptance, "the most excruciating, confounding, and exasperating aspect of grief," drawing from poetry, architecture, music, and more.

With a response by Nic Cottone.

Read it here https://buff.ly/42vnK2P and listen to the music in the article on our playlist here https://buff.ly/3nDcLFt

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04/05/2023

Catch the latest article of our general issue: "Youth Prisons: Abolition or Reform?" Jason D. Swartwood examines arguments advocating for abolishing youth prisons "so that reformers and abolitionists alike can work together towards justice." Taiwana Shambley takes up Swartwood's invitation to respond, offering further arguments for abolition. Read both here: https://buff.ly/3nPcf7d

03/23/2023

New today: In "Global Development, Humanitarian Aid,and the Toolbox Dialogue Method," Anna Malavisi and Michael O'Rourke dive into the ways philosophy can address challenges in humanitarian and development spaces, especially through practices developed at MSU's Toolbox Dialogue Initiative. Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/3FKXYi4

03/15/2023

Out today, the first article of our 2023 issue! In "(How) Is Prison Philosophy Public?," Shannon Fyfe, Elizabeth Lanphier, and Amy McKiernan discuss how incarceration complicates ideas of philosophy's publicness and the need to refine ideas of public philosophy. Reviewers Geoffrey Adelsberg and Sarah Tyson offer a thoughtful response about the importance of this conversation for those working with those who are incarcerated and the potential of a different concept of "public philosophy."

Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/3LoP3X2

02/09/2023

Our friends at the Public Philosophy Network have opened the call for submissions for this year's conference, "Facing Technology: The Role of Public Philosophy." There are a variety of possible formats for presentation. Check it out here: https://buff.ly/3YjWPFd

12/13/2022

The final article of our 2021-22 general issue features Sarah Roberts-Cady's "Addressing the Wage Gaps," which identifies new opportunities for policy interventions in racial and gender wage gaps. Check it out here: https://buff.ly/3FMsFnw

11/17/2022

Our latest collection is out now! Co-edited by Stephanie C. Jenkins and Charlie Dirksen, this collection explores Phish's music and the philosophy of the vibe.