This roundtable event took place on 27 October 2021 and was an initiative of CRITIQUE’s Environmental Working Group. The roundtable was intentionally exploratory and cross-disciplinary, with scholars from UoE representing Sociology; Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies; Politics and International Relations; and Architecture. The discussion drew on insights from teachers and researchers […]
An initiative of CRITIQUE’s Environmental Working Group. This roundtable event invites insights from teachers and researchers from a range of subject areas who broadly share an interest in training environmentally responsible students at the University of Edinburgh. The conversation will explore the imperatives, pressures, obstacles, and opportunities experienced by academics […]
We are reading Nancy Fraser & Axel Honneth (2003), Redistribution and Recognition: A Political-Philosophical Exchange. For this meeting, we focus on Chapter 3 “Distorted Beyond All Recognition: A Rejoinder to Axel Honneth” and Chapter 4 “The Point of Recognition: A Rejoinder to the Rejoinder”. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets […]
In this Exchange, Dr Chad Damro (Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh) and Grace Garland (PhD Student, University of Edinburgh) respond to Dr Sarah Goff’s (Teaching Fellow, London School of Economics) recent publication, “The Impact of Trade Policy Decisions on Social Justice”, Res Publica, 27:59–76 (2021). This post comprises three sections: […]
CRITIQUE Reads (pre-read, via zoom). Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange by Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth. Section 2. To join please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
CRITIQUE Reads (pre-read, via zoom). Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange by Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth. Intro and Section 1. To join please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
Event co-hosted with Centre for Global Knowledge Studies (gloknos), SKAPE, CeSeR Questions of truth and expertise are at the forefront of global political debates, such that it is common to speak of a ‘post-truth’ world and a backlash against ‘expert’ knowledge. From Brexit to climate change, from the Syrian civil war to Covid-19, […]
CRITIQUE Reads (pre-read, via zoom). Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, On Decoloniality. Concepts, Analytics, Praxis (Duke University Press, 2018). Chapters 9, 10 and Conclusion. To join please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
CRITIQUE Reads (pre-read, via zoom). Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, On Decoloniality. Concepts, Analytics, Praxis (Duke University Press, 2018). Chapters 7 and 8. To join please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
CRITIQUE Reads (pre-read, via zoom). Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, On Decoloniality. Concepts, Analytics, Praxis (Duke University Press, 2018). Chapters 5 and 6. To join please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
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