PHILO DAY 2023 - Thinking and dwelling

Session

GENERAL ASSEMBLY #2

10 Feb 2023, 11:00

Description

It is either a talk or a more interactive presentation/workshop on the theme of THINKING AND DWELLING, which requires the active participation of pupils and teachers alike.

It is usually given by a guest speaker or by a Philosophy teacher from any of the European Schools. The main goals here are to raise philosophical questions, launch (collective) philosophical ways of thinking, and engage the pupils.

3. Habiter sensoriellement la ville [FR] (GA2 FR)

Prof. David LE BRETON

10/02/2023, 11:00

Les sens ne sont pas en ville autant à la fête qu’ils le sont ailleurs. La sensorialité urbaine valorise la vue.
En permanence le passant est sollicité par le spectacle de la ville (animations, vitrines, publicités, circulation routière ou piétonnière, incidents, etc.) Le regard, sens de la distance, de la représentation, voire même de la surveillance, est le vecteur essentiel...

4. The Surprising Ecologist - Karl Marx [EN] (GA2 EN)

Prof. Matthew PYE

10/02/2023, 11:00

If you were going away for a couple of weeks, would you trust Stalin to house sit for you? Would you be confident of seeing your pet cat or dog alive again when you got home?

Probably not.

The Soviet Union did not have a good track record of looking after the habitats of their people. From the agricultural disasters that hit millions of lives because of the fake science of Lysenko,...