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Sherri Irvin

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Philosophy professor at U of Oklahoma. Author of Immaterial: Rules in Contemporary Art (Oxford 2022) and editor of Body Aesthetics (Oxford 2016).

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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?

academic.oup.com/jaac/article...

16.10.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The American Society for Aesthetics is now posting updates about society events and other opportunities on Bluesky. Keep your eyes peeled for the latest information, and please share this news with colleagues and friends!

For more detailed information, visit our website at: aesthetics-online.org.

08.05.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
News – Debates in Aesthetics

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!

13.01.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great list! I rec @roxanegay.bsky.social and @katemanne.bsky.social.

06.12.2024 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One student brought a hand-tooled leather belt his grandpa had made for him as a 20th birthday gift.

27.11.2024 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

27.11.2024 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven’t already seen one, so I made a starter pack for aesthetics/philosophy of art! I’m 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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Green Feather Book Company Norman Oklahoma's oldest bookstore building community around words and the worlds they create since 1972

Green Feather Book Company, Indigenous owned shop in Norman, OK: www.greenfeatherbooks.com

12.11.2024 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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.

09.11.2024 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2049    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 20
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Folks please don’t forget to ALT your images! The more new folks show up here the lower the adoption of ALT is and that’s a bummer cause it means not all Bluesky users can enjoy your images!

Here’s how to turn on prompts to remind you to ALT:

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