Katy Fulfer

Philosophy in the world

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Sabbatical downtime

"Downtime" happens in role-playing games when a party finishes an adventure and needs to rest and stock up before heading out again. Sabbatical is like that too! I am spending my fall term as a Visiting Scholar at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, in New York's Hudson Valley. Intellectually, it's been great. But so has my downtime! Here's a little of what I have been up to during my September Saturdays. My Instagram stories are also a good way to keep … [Read more...]

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Climate concerns and ambiguities of consumer action

When a vegan and a cattle farmer share a table I sat down at a table, my plate piled high with grape leaves, hummus, baba ganoush, pita, green salad, and quinoa salad. The person sitting next to me was complaining about plant-based options like the Beyond or Impossible Burger compared with beef. "They're processed. It's not good for you. not like beef." Putting aside questions about "healthy," I thought this remark missed the point. I pushed, trying to expand the conversation beyond … [Read more...]

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Home & Belonging: The Authors of “At Home with Arendt”

What does home mean? Is it related to a sense of belonging? What, if any, is the connection between the two? And who are we? Whose thoughts are you reading? This blog is written by 4 different scholars: Dr. Rita A. Gardiner, Dr. Katy Fulfer, Harshita Jaiprakash, and Janet Jones. We are a diverse group of scholars. Some of us are interested in bioethics, some in feminist theories, some in education, and some in drug addiction. But we are all intrigued by Hannah Arendt. During the past … [Read more...]

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Introducing “At Home with Arendt,” a new blog series

Welcome to “At Home with Arendt,” a special series that explores questions of home and belonging.  I welcome my collaborators in sharing this digital space: Dr. Rita A. Gardiner, an Assistant Professor in Critical Policy, Equity, and Leadership Studies (CPELS) in the Faculty of Education at Western University Harshita Jaiprakash, a PhD student in CPELS at Western Janet Jones, a PhD student in Applied Philosophy at the University of Waterloo Together, the four of us will … [Read more...]

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Immigration as good economics

There was a lot wrong with the recent billboards promoting anti-immigration sentiments and the new ultra-right-wing People's Party of Canada. Countering the claim from the leader of the People's Party of Canada that "the billboard was 'only controversial for the totalitarian leftist mob who want to censor it,'" experts have pointed out that these billboards were dogwhistles, as "mass immigration" is an inaccurate descriptor of the facts about immigration. These billboards try to promote a … [Read more...]