From philosothon at yahoo.com Mon Aug 10 09:54:44 2020 From: philosothon at yahoo.com (Matthew Wills) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 23:54:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [SydPhil] AAP Australasian Philosothon References: <624306212.1649613.1597017284167.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <624306212.1649613.1597017284167@mail.yahoo.com> Hi, The Australian Association of Philosophers will be hosting the first Australasian Philosothon on the 29th and 30th September between 10am AEST and 2pm AEST. Due to the implications of COVID restrictions the event, which was to be held at Wesley College in Melbourne has been moved online and as a result we are able to invite judges from anywhere in the world. The top secondary school students from schools in every Australian state and NZ. We have a free online training day for people that are new to this style of event on the 1st Sept at 10 am AEST. If you would like to judge at this event, please contact me at philosothon at aap.org.au . More information about Philosothons can be found in the attached judges kit or here. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/zB5WCJyBrGf7QB9JTVnvFd?domain=philosothon.net | | | | | | | | | | | Philosothon | | | warm regardsMatthew Matthew Wills Project Leader Philosothon Project 17 Monticle StHighbury Adelaide South Australia Phone 0400029660 Email:?philosothon at yahoo.com ? Philosothon website: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ji6lCK1DvKTjrD7oHv1EGW?domain=philosothon.org Proudly supported by the Templeton Religion Trust This project was made possible through the support of a grant from?Templeton Religion Trust.?The?opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views?of Templeton Religion Trust. ? Disclaimer: The information contained in this email may be private and personal or otherwise confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of any part of the information is unauthorised. 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The sessions are structured around a pre-read paper, and provide participants with the opportunity to engage directly with the speakers in a rigorous discussion of their work. We welcome applications for participation via email. Due to COVID-19, the conference will be held on Zoom. The conference will focus on two topics: 1. New accounts of overlooked virtues and vices, and 2. Practical questions related to how institutions can be designed to foster virtue. The six keynote speakers are: ? Professor Heather Battaly (University of Connecticut) ? Professor Christian B. Miller (Wake Forest University) ? Professor C. Stephen Evans (Baylor University) ? Assistant Professor Michael Lamb? (Wake Forest University) ? Professor John Lippitt (Director, Institute for Ethics & Society) ? 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Message-ID: [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ykgvCzvkyVC0E8pPC4XMjY?domain=gallery.mailchimp.com] SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Held in conjunction with the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES MONDAY 24th August 2020 [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/x_pmCANpgjCvBr3mC89fcR?domain=mcusercontent.com] DR SOPHIE CHAO Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Sydney's School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and the Charles Perkins Centre. The Beetle or the Bug? Multispecies Resistance and Collaboration in the West Papuan Oil Palm Nexus Abstract Drawing from long-term ethnographic fieldwork in the Indonesian-controlled region of West Papua, this paper examines the moral and political significance of monocrop oil palm ecologies among indigenous Marind communities. Many villagers identify with the fate of native species that, like Marind, are displaced or dispossessed to make way for oil palm plantations and their primarily non-Papuan labor force and operators. On the other hand, parasites that subvert capitalist agendas by undermining oil palm?s growth become figures of hope for Marind who conceive resistance to the state and corporations as the only legitimate path to self-determination. Meanwhile, species that entertain mutualistic relations with oil palm point to cooperation as an alternative survival strategy under entrenched political and capitalist regimes. Oil palm?s multispecies lifeworld thus complicates the characterization of monocrops as ecologically impoverished, technoscientifically produced landscapes engineered solely by and for humans. Attending to oil palm?s biological allies and foes as material-semiotic actors brings us instead to ask what species benefit from oil palm expansion, which lives and deaths matter, and to whom, with the necrobiopolitics of plantation science and its attendant ecologies. It also invites attention to the conflictual hopes offered by interspecies resistance and collaboration for indigenous communities in reconciling their aspirations for survival and self-determination under entrenched regimes of color and capital. WHEN: 24TH AUGUST 2020 FROM 5PM ZOOM: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/94900887262 All Welcome | No Booking Required | Free PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR ANY CHANGES TO VENUE OR TIME sydney.edu.au/science/hps/ Copyright ? *2016* *HPS, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? 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