Ciaran Cummins

Excited to share the fruits of a deliberation we ran with people from Sussex about devolution! This research is a case study for doing further devo deliberations across England, which could help better engage the public on this issue. Read on to learn more! #SocietyWatch #Devolution #Deliberation

Thoroughly enjoying this!

In case of confusion, the author was not writing at the time of the current Labour government! neweconomics.org/2003/04/we-t...

Inclusive Philosophies: Five Masterclasses convened by Paul Giladi, SOAS U. of London. To mark the two-week British Philosophical Association-led #PhilosophyMatters campaign running March 17-31, The Philosopher is hosting five Zoom "masterclasses" on a range of inclusive philosophies. Each masterclass will be led by a prominent academic, who will give a short presentation before opening to discussion with the audience. March 19: Trans-Inclusive Philosophy with Sophie-Grace Chappell, Open U. 2pm EDT/6pm UK; March 24: Linguistic Inclusion with Lea Cantor, Cambridge, Jonathan Egid, SOAS U. of London, 1pm EDT/5pm UK; March 26: South Asian Feminist Philosophy with Meena Dhanda, Wolverhampton U. 2pm EDT/6pm UK; March 27: Decolonial Philosophy with Nelson Maldonado-Torres, U. of Connecticut 2pm EDT/6pm UK; March 28: Philosophy of Disability with Joel Michael Reynolds, Georgetown 2pm EDT/6pm UK. All groups are free to attend. Tickets will be available from Monday March 17 at thephilosopher1923.org/courses. Priority access will be offered to The Philosopher's Patreon supporters.

To mark the British Philosophical Association-led #PhilosophyMatters campaign running from March 17-31, our new managing editor Paul Giladi has put together five fantastic Zoom “masterclasses” on a range of inclusive philosophies. Tickets available March 17, details in poster and alt text.
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The People's Plan: Royal Albert Docks The People's Loan for the Royal Docks: Spaces of Hope Walk explores the history of an example of community-led planning presented to the 1983 inquiry into the establishment of London City Airport.

Using a chilly day off to do a self-guided tour of The Royal Docks' history of community-led planning (I'm a hoot at parties, as you can tell). If you've not seen this brilliant bit of social history on People's Plans UK-wide, do check it out, it's fantastic: uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/2...

Sunday is the last day to apply for this role.

YouTube video by The Philosopher "The End of History and the Loss of Temporal Resonance": Hartmut Rosa with Nicholas Halmi

ICYMI: The video is up for the last in our 4-part series on "Historical Anxiety": "The End of History and the Loss of Temporal Resonance" with Hartmut Rosa in conversation with Nicholas Halmi:

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Introducing the Citizens In Power Network — Citizens in Power This network of over 65 people and organisations will work together to develop practical models of citizen-led decision-making.

This looks like it will be a great initiative from the newly launched @citizensinpower.bsky.social, looking at the application of authority giving, civic lottery and deliberation in the creative and cultural sectors. Excited to see where it goes! www.citizensinpower.com/all-projects...

Why is nobody talking about this?

The End of History and the Loss of Temporal Resonance

TODAY: The finale in our 4-part series on "Historical Anxiety":

"The End of History and the Loss of Temporal Resonance"

Hartmut Rosa in conversation with Nicholas Halmi

Monday Feb. 10th at 2pm ET / 7pm UK
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Should say, thanks @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social !

Quite a vindicating start to the day when a journalist happens to suggest your two obsessions (deliberative democracy and public philosophy) could help society!

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We're hiring a Comms Lead. Applications open until 9 Feb. We're getting in touch on a rolling basis.

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Save The Prince Charles Cinema The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

There's so many wonderful spaces and institutions we have lost in London - a quick sign here to try and prevent the brilliant Prince Charles Cinema from being another one of them #savePCC you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

About Us Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs. Anybody can lead a Jane's Walk! The festival encourages people to share stories about their neighbourhoods...

This is great! janeswalk.org/about-us/

(10) Finally, if you're curious about placing some of these ideas about reflection in the workplace in relation to wider questions about employer/employee dialogue, Cressey et al offer a good overview (albeit without attention to philosophy in work): www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/ij...

(9) For those wanting to go deeper on the above, this is a great collection on applied ontology more generally: philarchive.org/rec/MUNAOA-2

YouTube video by Barry Smith Infectious Disease Ontology and COVID-19

(8) For an overlooked example of the above, I'd suggest the field of disease ontology, which played an interesting (and important) role in our understanding of Covid-19, see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM3e....

Socrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st-Century Philosophy This book diagnoses a crisis facing philosophy – and the humanities more broadly – and sketches a path toward institutionalizing socially engaged approaches to philosophical research.

(7) Frodeman and Briggle's 'Socrated Tenured' is a touchstone for thinking about public philosophy in general, but its potted history of bioethics is great for understanding how explicitly philosophical work establishes itself outside of academia: rowman.com/ISBN/9781783...

The Ideas Industry The public intellectual, as a person and ideal, has a long and storied history. Writing in venues like the New Republic and Commentary, such intellectuals were always expected to opine on a broad arra...

(6) Political scientist Daniel Drezner's 'The Ideas Industry' analyses the world of public intellectuals and 'thought leaders'. If, like me, the latter term bugs you to no end, you will enjoy Drezner's book: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

Shop Class as Soulcraft Our rejection of craftsmanship wrongly ignores the cognitive, social, and remunerative rewards of skilled manual work, and wrongly assumes that white-collar work always engages the mind. Matthew B. Cr...

(5) More widely, political philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford's book 'Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work' is brilliant. This essay takes from the book: www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...

Brennan Jacoby | publiclifeofthemind Brennan Jacoby is based in the UK and runs Philosophy at Work, which helps organisations "think their best". I spoke to Brennan to learn about his experience of consulting people on how to integrate...

(4) And the UK-based Brennan Jacoby who runs Philosophy at Work: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/brennan-jacoby

(3) Beyond these, some further suggestions if you are curious! On my site, you'll find two further interviewees discussing philosophy in work: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/todd-altschu.... (Todd's observations on explaining critical theory to the US tech industry feel timely!)

The Refusal of Work Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and com...

(3) We'll also be looking at 'The Refusal of Work', by the sociologist David Frayne: www.google.co.uk/books/editio.... His survey of how alienation has developed is a good basis for thinking about the ways opportunities for reflection at work have been and curtailed still.

Lani Watson | publiclifeofthemind Lani Watson is a philosopher at the University of Oxford, working in applied epistemology with a focus on the philosophy of questions. She is also co-founder of The QSM, a professional consultancy del...

(2) We'll be looking first at Lani Watson, a philosopher looking at the practice of questioning. I interviewed Lani a while back, including about her facilitation of philosophical discussion in workplaces: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/lani-watson

Reading Group | publiclifeofthemind Interested in reading more about public philosophy? Join our reading group!

(1) Next weekend the discussion group I organise on public philosophy is coming together again. This time we'll be looking at people bringing philosophy into workplaces. Sharing reading suggestions here too for those interested! 🧵
www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/reading-group

Centre for Democratic Business The Centre for Democratic Business provides economic development and support programmes for democratic business in the UK.

Stir to Action's Centre for Democratic Business survey shows an urgent need to save our social clubs.

Social clubs are an often-forgotten form of community business that have been serving our communities, and bringing people together, for decades.

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Reading Group | publiclifeofthemind Interested in reading more about public philosophy? Join our reading group!

(7) So if you're interested, get in touch here or over email! See here for the address and to see some past reading: www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/reading-group