VDP Summer Schools

In hibernation for the winter 🦔🦔🦔 after the wonderful 2021 Vienna Doctoral Summer School in Philosophy on the topic of "Resistance"

[Lynne Tirrell @LynneTirrell]

Not news, but this is a protest I mentioned at @SchoolVdp

[Lynne Tirrell @LynneTirrell]

@SchoolVdp The @SchoolVdp grad students are so insightful, and asked brilliant questions. I wasn’t kidding when I said, over & over, “That’s a great question!” Honored to be among you all today!

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

That's a wrap! We're off to sleep for a while! 😄 THANK YOU everyone for being completely AWESOME!!!! #resistance #philosophy #community

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

So much love for our INCREDIBLE instructors, participants, organisers (I'm not crying, you're crying) 😭🤗❤

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

Ok and now it really is the last session! Looking forward to hearing everyone's final reflections on the week 😊

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

So much love for our INCREDIBLE instructors, participants, organisers (I'm not crying, you're crying) 😭🤗❤

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

@jasonintrator A whirlwind of questions 🌪 In-groups/ out-groups, shared practices and coalition-building; divergent accommodation and value-flipping; context-sensitive effects of banned words; material vs. speech practices; presupposition and normalisation!

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

After the break we have our final instructor-led session: @jasonintrator on "Reappropriation and resistance" ✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽 #reappropriation #resistance

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

...when he wakes up 😉

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

Can't believe that was our last round of student presentations! 😭 The only consolation is that we hope to keep following all this phenomenal work as it progresses 🥰

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

@LynneTirrell That's been a *hugely* inspiring discussion! Questions on the nuances of bystander resistance, pervasive toxicity, toxicity vs. hate, the power of metaphor, the role for anger/ humour/ respect/ shame, the ugly side of self-care, and extensions of the epidemiological framework 🙌

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

Let's goooooo! First up is @LynneTirrell on “Resistance isn’t futile: fending off toxic speech” ☠ #resistance #toxicspeech

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

Morning all! 🤗 We've got an AMAZING final day lined up! We'll be talking about political discourse and resistance with the totally brilliant @LynneTirrell and @jasonintrator 🤩 #politics #resistance #philosophy #vienna

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

In our discussions about words and concepts today we also touched on the power of images. What image springs to mind when you think of resistance?

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

@shaslang 😍 That was a great discussion! We talked about resistance at different levels, conceptual change vs. other activist strategies, the role of galvanising images, the impact of philosophy, and interdisciplinary connections. It's been another wonderful day!

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

Aaaaand our next plenary session is @shaslang on "conceptual engineering and social coordination". We're positively buzzing with collective excitement! 🐝 #conceptualengineering #socialcoordination #resistance

[Dr. Esa Díaz León @ediazleon]

Thank you for all the fabulous questions! So much food for thought! (And inspiration for resistance!)

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

Yay it's student presentation time! 😃 It's also the last day of room 3, which has been chaired by our two fantastic doctoral co-organisers @SonjaRiegler1 and Flora Löffelmann - THANK YOU! 🥰👏 #superstars

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

@ediazleon So many fab questions, on explanatory vs. moral/ practical considerations, discovering vs. constructing kinds, choosing between conceptual engineering strategies, selecting between communities of thinkers, and addressing hermeneutical injustices 🤩

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

We're about to get started with @ediazleon on "How to understand semantic amelioration" ⛅ #Semantics #Resistance #Philosophy #Vienna

[VDP Summer Schools @SchoolVdp]

It's day 4! Today is all about conceptual engineering and resistance 🛠 Gotta say, the team of instructors this week is beyond our wildest dreams - today we have the absolutely magnificent @shaslang and @ediazleon 🤯 #conceptualengineering #resistance