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In the ante-mortem series of lectures\, our contemporary Michel Foucault excavates a vital cultural matter. The philosopher canvasses diverse critical exercises as possible stepping stones to an occasion of &ldquo\;truth-telling&rdquo\;. The classics called this aptitude and right &ndash\; \;parrhesia\, an apposite problem for any age. Touching on personal and public\, political and cosmic spheres\, Foucault's heuristic account considers \;fearless speech \;with respect to human affairs\, the building blocks of man-made cultures.
\nTo reiterate Foucault\, where and how can one learn to become the person &ldquo\;who speaks and who\, regardless of everything\, takes the risk of telling the whole truth&rdquo\;\, and is willing to accept it?
\nPhilosophers are remembered for the problems posed\, questions asked out loud\, and inferences made. The best of them are also remembered for taking a hand in their day and age and future. As an independent discipline\, journalism is significantly younger than philosophy\, and yet eminent journalists work in a similar vein\, researching and exposing veridical facts\, patterns of error\, and injustice. These and other perennial matters are fleshed out in material events and \;abstractions\, in reports\, lectures\, interviews\, and articles\, while both camps take pride in nourishing skilful analysts and story-tellers\, assuring to convey no fiction!
\nCould we assume\, then\, that common roots\, concerns\, and\, possibly\, techniques connect philosophical and journalistic investigations as kindred modes of \;parrhesiastic \;work?
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\nCall for abstracts
\nOur experimental project goes ahead owing to a collaboration with \;Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy
\nhttps://www.parrhesiajournal.org/index.php/parr/about
\nAll pieces had been solicited\, but due to the unpredictable global circumstances two authors have had to back out. The line-up is impressive\, and we have enough space now for 2-4 (3.000-6.000 words) investigative submissions trailblazing the province of \;philosophical journalism or journalistic philosophy\, having \;parrhesia \;on their radar.
\nOur volume explores the epistemological\, methodological\, investigative and therapeutic parameters of contemporary \;parrhesiastic \;activity. Some of our key aims here are a synthesis of critical theory with events\, activism and art\, including the art of reportage and prison art\; keen attention to the pedagogy of communication\, to information\, academic and aged care crises\, to historical precedents (like Albert Camus) and to any stylistic and other oddities triggered by a hybrid \;parrhesia. \;
\nIf you're interested to read the introduction in full \;+ all abstracts\, please send me an email. \;
\nAt this stage\, I'd be particularly interested in proposals dealing with: ecology\, health and madness\, sexuality\, pharmacalogical industry\, colonial/capitalist school system\, racism and excusivism in politics\, nuclear &\; kindred topics. \;
\nIf you're interested in contributing\, email me - valery vinogradovs: valery.arrows@gmail.com \;- your short bio and abstract by the 10th of February (should you need a little more time\, let me know\, please). If accepted\, submissions are due in late June or so (then peer-review etc.)
\nwhy\, today\, are journalism and philosophy &ldquo\;so tantalisingly similar and yet frustratingly different?&rdquo\; Schwarz\, \;Journalism Studies\, vol 22 (5)
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