(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Askesis is the Greek word for practice. Ancient philosophers, such as the Stoics, held askesis on par with theory for the importance of a philosophical life. At a time where the humanities are regarded by some as a wilting flower of the American educational system, can we re-learn to practice philosophy through our engagement with our contemporary landscape, and with that of others?
Philosophy Without Teachers was at 5-day interdisciplinary residency in Greensboro, NC, organized by Jeremy Bendik-Keymer of Case Western University and Ryan Johnson of Elon University, co-organized by the Elon Department of Philosophy and the Beamer-Schneider Professorship, co-sponsored by Elon University and the Beamer-Schneider Professorship in Ethics at Case Western Reserve University. Together the group took the question of practices to be central to contemporary philosophical inquiry.
A full schedule of the Weeks events can be viewed here.
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Thanks to Chloe for the "travel gear" and for the questions it raises to interrupt familiar aspects of everyday life.
(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Our stoic and ever-walking leader, Ryan Johnson, reflects with Chris Adamo.
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) If you have ever been told this, you're likely on to something.
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Protocol is usually used to mean rigid stipulation, as in military protocols, but for the stoics, it was instead a sense of bringing form out of chaos.
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Our museum guide, Derek, helps us re-trace the walk taken by the Greenboro Four, going to Woolworths on February 1, 1960. Special thanks to Derek!
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) And without Violence?
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) "Hands are found on many gravestones. It may be the hand of God pointing downward signifying mortality or sudden death. The hand of God pointing upward signifies the reward of the righteous, confirmation of life after death." --Jessie Lie Farber
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Ryan and Chris explore the current landscape with reference to an historical mural.
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) On Thursday afternoon, we all gathered with piles of art supplies in "parallel play," thinking together with Lynne Huffer about fossils, fragments, deep time, and the anthropocene, primarily using photo transfer, poetry fragments, letter writing, and found images.
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14x17", photo transfer on bristol paper
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So many beautiful results of Lynne's Sappho prompt, not least of which is this, her own artwork!
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This beauty is a 11x14"collage with handmade rose paper, maps, colored pencil, and found materials. It can be displayed in any direction, depending upon the mood and interests of the viewer.
(Guilmette/Leib 2016) Map of Greensboro, Greensboro Historical Museum
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roughly 6x3x2", acrylic on brick, found materials
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(Guilmette/Leib 2016) The group attempts to listen to the rhetoric of a common political bane without reacting.
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