Aesthetic Blight, Aesthetic Agency, and Justice
ABSTRACT. Aesthetic blight is persistently aversive aesthetic experience to which someone has been made systematically vulnerable by virtue of their identi
New paper! "Aesthetic Blight, Aesthetic Agency, and Justice." What does justice require when people are experiencing terrible aesthetic conditions due to their disempowered social position?
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My article "Choosing Our Aesthetic Practices Wisely: Embodiment, Pleasure, and Justice," is the target article for an upcoming issue of Debates in Aesthetics (open access). They are inviting short response papers of up to 3500 words. I look forward to hearing what people think!
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One student brought a hand-tooled leather belt his grandpa had made for him as a 20th birthday gift.
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Teaching college classes the week of Thanksgiving just seems non-viable now. But my students asked to have a potluck and share aesthetic objects that are meaningful to them (it's an aesthetics class), and about half showed up. I'm glad we had a space for those who wanted to gather.
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I havenβt already seen one, so I made a starter pack for aesthetics/philosophy of art! Iβm sure I am missing people, so please let me know who to add! Also let me know if you want off of here! #philsky go.bsky.app/1Ekzcj
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My writing process is that I don't write, then for a while I write, then frustratingly I don't write again, then I'm old.
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