Jake Wojtowicz

I teach a bit, but no full-time professor role, alas!

Why It's OK to Be a Sports Fan | Alfred Archer, Jake Wojtowicz | Taylo This book offers readers a pitch-side view of the ethics of fandom. Its accessible six chapters are aimed both at true sports fans whose conscience may be

We don't really get into celebrating, but the first few chapters here get into that more! Why It's OK to Be a Sports Fan | Alfred Archer, Jake Wojtowicz | Taylo share.google/f72ZKX2Ios6P...

Why do you ask? I can point towards some literature if helpful...

Not at all! (It can be, people can celebrate in stupid ways, or celebrate things not worth celebrating, but a win is a win!)

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Thanks, not quite what I expected would be in this anthology (it's an odd process, they just told me it would be in the anthology and gave me no other info)

Why It's OK to Be a Sports Fan This book offers readers a pitch-side view of the ethics of fandom. Its accessible six chapters are aimed both at true sports fans whose conscience may be occasionally piqued by their pastime, and at ...

And for just over $20 you can buy the whole book they have taken an excerpt from (or read it for free online, also at this link): www.routledge.com/Why-Its-OK-t...

A little odd to be in an anthology next to Barack Obama. I'm sure he feels honoured.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

What Saudi Arabia’s role in the Electronic Arts buyout tells us about image, power and ‘game-washing’ The video game company is being acquired for a record-breaking US$55 billion. Despite being named ‘The Worst Company in America’, why is it so in-demand?

I see two big differences between this and sportswashing:

1. We *love* and also root for sports teams, tournaments have a historical mythos about them. I don't think that quite translates.

2. Video games are way more interactive.

Interested to hear more.

theconversation.com/what-saudi-a...

Another classic at Daily Nous. Someone does point out that this first comment was likely a joke..

McQueen, Paddy. Regret. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 296. $95.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 1

My review of Paddy McQueen's excellent "Regret" is out in Ethics

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Pre-print available here: philpapers.org/archive/WOJR...

McQueen, Paddy. Regret. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 296. $95.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 1

My review of Paddy McQueen's excellent "Regret" is out in Ethics

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Having an open access book is so helpful for teaching. I can set my own stuff without feeling like I'm doing it for evil reasons (the massive amounts of money I get whenever anyone buys a copy)

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Too kind! Thanks! Would love to know what you think: this paper is all set, but I want to write something springing out of it (not sure in which direction) some day...

Every time I watch Clarkson's Farm I'm reminded of my PhD supervisor: no similar names, but the farm manager guy has exactly the same vibe.

Why are they advertising this as "FIFA" tickets. It's the World Cup!

Watching a Swindon episode of Come Dine with Me. Painful.

Jake Wojtowicz, Fans, Identity, and Punishment - PhilArchive I argue that sports clubs should be punished for bad behaviour by their fans in a way that affects the club’s sporting success: for example, we are justified in imposing points ...

This is a spiritual successor to my first and weirdest paper in the philosophy of sport: philarchive.org/rec/WOJFIA

I argue this is because fandom affects our identities - and what it means to be a fan of a particular team has depth to it. So bad behaviour can alter what it means to be a fan, and can shift the identities even of the good fans. We need to think in terms of shame, not guilt.

I suggest that some people might not be fans, some fan behaviour might not reflect on the community, and some groups of partisan fans can distance themselves from fans of the same team. But ultimately, they are still fans of the same team and the bad behaviour reflects back even on the well-behaved.

Jake Wojtowicz, Fandom and Community - PhilPapers This is preprint version of a chapter forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Sports Ethics, Thomas Søbirk Petersen, Sebastian Holmen, Jesper Ryberg (eds). New York, Oxford University press This chapter...

What does it mean to be a member of a fan community, and why does this matter? Preprint up on PhilPapers:
philpapers.org/rec/WOJFAC

JCrew really wants me to buy their new rollneck. They don't even know I'm a philosopher!

I'm once again looking for the language of "redemption" in sportswriting/commentary

Big Play Bernard.

From one of those academic coach types on LinkedIn. Infuriating mess of buzzwords without any real content. A false promise of a different form of success. What the fuck is a self-directed academic? (In a stable role)

New Resource Guide Highlights the American Folklife Center’s Botkin Lecture Series | Folklife Today The American Folklife Center is excited to announce the launch of its new, easy-to-use Botkin Lecture Resource Guide, which gives users direct access to hundreds of hours of world-class lectures on fo...

The American Folklife Center announces the launch of the Bodkin Lectures Resource Guide, providing hundreds of hours of world class lectures on folklore, free to use and download for teaching purposes: blogs.loc.gov/folklife/202... #folklore #folkloring #learningfolklore #folklorestudies

Equalising effect of philosophy in prisons | Letters Letter: Mary Margaret McCabe says philosophy can be done just by conversation, to include those with high levels of education and those who have little

Our Chair @mmmccabe.bsky.social writes on @theguardian.com about the equalising power of philosophy in prisons when done in conversation www.theguardian.com/education/20...