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clintunplugged, 2 hours ago to poetry

https://cpverdonschot.xyz/blog/translating-the-oppressed/
New blogpost, on #translation and @poetry

What kind of lived experience is it necessary for a translator to have? Is it possible for white authors to translate Black poetry? I argue that while, certainly, lived experience is important for poetry, this does not render translators incapable simply in virtue of their social location.

clintunplugged, 12 days ago to palestine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITVIlr5jUMw

Not gonna lie, #Macklemore was about the last one on my list of celebrities to weigh in with a clear-eyed message on @palestine and Israel's #GenocideGaza. But this song fucking rules.

clintunplugged, 22 days ago to random

happy #InternationalWorkersDay! how will you be celebrating?

clintunplugged, 29 days ago to philosophy

The "Lives of Philosophers"-tag on @DailyNous includes only deaths

@philosophy

clintunplugged, 1 month ago to philosophy

Immanuel #Kant would have turned 300 today, and people have been sharing their favourite quote of his in his honour.

Here's mine; arguing why whigmakers deserve to vote, while hairdressers do not.

Happy birthday, you sick puppy!

@philosophy @politicaltheory

and the tailor to whom I give cloth to have it turned into a garment seem to stand in very similar relation to me, each of them is nonetheless distinct, as the hairdresser is distinct from the wig maker (whom I may have even given the hair to for it), or the day laborer s distinct from the artist or artisan, who makes a work that belongs to him as long as he is not paid for it. The latter sells his property as one engaged in a trade to another (opus), while the former grants the use of his powers to another (operam).—It is, I confess, somewhat difficult to determine the requirement for laying claim to the class in which one is one’s own master.

clintunplugged, 1 month ago to philosophy

you may not agree with Jodi Dean's position. but the attempt to silence here, punish her for speaking about her viewpoints, is beyond the pale. anyone who cares about #FreedomOfSpeech or #AcademicFreedom should sign this petition

https://chng.it/TVyrdXcTNv

@philosophy @politicaltheory

clintunplugged, 1 month ago to Aesthetics

some thoughts on #aesthetics and @philosophyofscience

I've been teaching the philosophy of science even though this is not at all my expertise, but today it struck me that the discipline is similar to aesthetics in several interesting ways.

For one thing, both are latecomers among philosophical fields of study; while both have roots going back to Plato and Aristotle, these sources are part of the disciplines' prehistory. Their real origins lie rather in the modern age.

clintunplugged, 1 month ago to philosophy

attention all stoners, feallsanachd is back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9TmIWkLpU

@philosophy

clintunplugged, 2 months ago to Ethics

a colleague who is involved with this conference told me that the Ethics Lab in Yaoundé is looking for donations. help if you can!

https://www.steunleiden.nl/project/ethicslab

#charity #ethics @philosophy

DominikDammer, 2 months ago to philosophy

some discussions made me think...
is animal ethics really something where philosophy can progress?

like all the "newer" arguments, feel more or less similar to the "old" ones.

the only real way I see is to interdisciplinary combine it. Like "Zoopolis" did with political theory.

do you disagree with me?

@philosophy @philosophie #animalEthics #animalRights #animalEthic #philosophy

clintunplugged, 3 months ago to philosophy

fun fact: when the philosopher Ernst #Bloch died in #Tübingen 1977, he was so beloved by students that the local student union renamed the university "Ernst-Bloch Universität", a name which they insisted upon until 2017 when students complained that not all of them shared Bloch's political views.

#studentpolitics @philosophy

clintunplugged, 3 months ago to philosophy

#CornelWest, objectively the most cogent candidate running for the US presidency this year, says: "the condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak".

In this snippet from The Examined Life (2008, dir. Astra Taylor), prof. West clarifies that he inherits the thought from #Adorno. But I wonder: is it a direct quote? Where does it appear in Adorno's corpus? Certainly it fits well within his philosophy, but I can't seem to find the exact passage...

@philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfD3X3f5C_w

clintunplugged, 3 months ago to random

Dear #Democrats, you must now how unconvincing it is to point out #Trump's insanity in response to #Biden's senility. Trump's voters are aware that he's insane. They love it. It's a positive character trait to them

clintunplugged, 3 months ago to random

I fear I just lost another student to the Deleuzians (you know the kind, not the Deleuze scholars, but the Deleuzians)

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to architecture

Somebody made this exceptionally silly painting, "The architect's dream", commissioned by an architect who refused to accept it because it was so silly. The artist never sold it and it remained in his possession until his death.

#architecture #painting #aesthetics

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to philosophy

Picked up a copy of Albrecht Wellmer's #Endgames recently. It is dedicated "For the #PolarBears".

I seem to recall this was a #German or perhaps #Austrian #protest movement, but I can find nothing about it online...

@philosophy

Dedication: "Für die Eisbären"

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to Aesthetics

In "#Naked, #fat, and fabulous", A.W. Eaton argues that life model sessions can serve as a #SafeSpace for fat bodies, a place where fat people can achieve creative autonomy and feel celebrated.

#aesthetics @philosophy
https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16942

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to history

Photographic #colonialism: what to do with so-called 'physical type' photos? Can we treat them as portraits instead of mere stereotypes? Does this change the nature of the photos? Michelle Green and Hans Maes offer clarity on these issues

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16888

#Photography #portrait #aesthetics @philosophy #AesthInv20232

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to Artist

Why is the relation between #model and #artist uniquely suited for the production of #art? In his contribution to Aesthetic Investigations 6 (2), Tzachi Zamir considers four questions arising from the model/artist relationship, in order to shed light on it. #aesthetics @philosophy

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/14686

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to Aesthetics

Does it matter who poses? In her article, Aurélie Debaene argues that it does: models are not mere props in the creation of artworks, understanding their contribution impacts our understanding of a work, and the process of modelling also has #aesthetic value considered for itself. #AesthInv20232 @philosophy #aesthetics
https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16890

clintunplugged, 4 months ago to Artist

How is a #portrait typically made? In 'Constructing and using the portrait sitting as an art-historical research object', Dawn Kanter argues against the prevalent view that it is solely up to the #artist who creates the portrait. Drawing on the art history of portraits in the National Portrait Gallery (London, UK), Kanter shows that the #sitter is often just as important in impact on the final result. #AesthInv20232 @philosophy @arthistory

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16887