BECOMING A PUBLIC PHILOSPOHER
Reflective Exercises and Resources to Support Your Vocational Journey (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
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What is Public Philosophy?
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What is Public Philosophy?
“Public Philosophy” is an increasingly popular, broadly applied professional label.
What are all the ways folks are impacting the world with philosophy?
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The Ethics of Public Philosophy
Given that "Public Philosophy" comes in so many forms, are there certain things it ought to mean?
Who are public philosophers responsible to? What normative commitments should they have? What constitutes good, ethical public philosophy, and what kinds of pitfalls should we watch for?
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Becoming a Public Philosopher
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Discovering your Philosophical Vocation
With all of the many ways one can do public philosophy, it can be hard to find your praxis niche!
In this module, you will be encouraged to think more expansively about your philosophical interests as a vocation. Why do you care about the questions you study? What communities are you accountable to? What kind of an impact do you hope to make? What practical efforts might create such an impact?
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Networking and Building Relationships as a Public Philosopher
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Imagining and Designing a Praxis-Project
A teacher I admire once said, “Nothing happens before being imagined first.”
Public Philosophy involves a great deal of imagination. One must imagine what change they want to see in the world. They must backwards engineer the steps it might take to get to that change. This module will help guide you through how to use imagination as a resource, especially when working with other partners.
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Professionalizing as a Public Philosopher
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Building a Public Philosophy Portfolio
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Finding Jobs as a Public Philosopher
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Navigating Academia as a Public Philosopher
PPN CV, teaching and tenure white papers
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Technical Skills for Public Philosophers
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Grant Writing
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Data Literacy for the Humanities
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Participatory Action Research
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Interdisciplinary Methodologies
Phenomenology and Qualitative Research. Ethnography. Sociology. Policy Analysis. Cognitive Science. Moral Psychology. Physics. Social Work. Art. All of these are but a few of the interdisciplinary connections popular amongst praxis-thinkers we will explore.
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Doing Qualitative Research Phenomenologically
This course will offer a comprehensive introduction to the history, theory and practice of phenomenologically based qualitative research. Taking a concrete skills-based approach, participants will be guided though the process of 1. articulating a phenomenologically researchable question, 2. data collection design, 3. the data analysis towards generalizable results, and 4., using phenomenological literature to further illuminate one’s results and 5. writing the final report
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Talks and Other Digital Resources
Meet your instructor
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Meet your instructor ✳
MICHAILA PETERS
petersxg@bc.edu
Michaila Peters is the founder and director of PPI, and the creator and original facilitator of the Public Philosophy Technical Workshop.
As an Appalachian feminist, Peters’ research takes a feminist perspective to understanding the relationship between rural poverty and political extremism and hyper-polarization in the United States. Her work aims to mediate social theory, policy, and community perspectives.
Having previously studied political science and worked in Washington D.C., navigating political, non-profit and academic spaces, Peters learned how empowering practical, technical skills can be for developing unusual vocations— especially for folks who did not grow up with elite educational resources and connections.
She aims to de-mystify these skills, and build a community where philosophers can realize how many of them they already have, and how they can serve us when trying to make real-world impacts with our philosophical inquiries. This course is just the beginning of a conversation and effort to build professionalization resources for (especially early-stage) public philosophers. Rather than re-invent the wheel, and have each of us stumble into and through public philosophy careers, let’s share what we’ve learned!
What you’ll learn
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What other folks are doing, the ethics of public philosophy, and how we can keep imagining new and better forms!
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How do you want to impact the world? Who are you, and what do you care about? Who are you accountable to? How can you work with them? What projects might you do? How do you start? How do you market yourself?
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Doing work out in the world beyond academia can be intimidating, especially when there are such specialized skills and jargon that we are not professionally prepared for! You will learn a variety of skills to help empower you to work in new spaces and imagine practical projects as concrete, manageable steps.