PhilWild's second annual conference in our Environmental Philosophy series will be held June 17-June 19, 2022, at Ridley Creek State Park in Media, Pennsylvania!
 
Our keynote speaker, Romy Opperman (The New School for Social Research) will present "'Bury Me in a Free Land': Grounding Abolition Ecology." The program is listed below, and you may see the full schedule here.
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Our conference will be fully outdoors and technology-free (phones and screens off); we look forward to hosting you in the "wild"!
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​Registration is now open for June 18 and June 19, but space is limited. Please register here! 
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The conference brings together scholars working in and around environmental philosophy. This year, we will focus on the following themes.
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• environment and race
• environment and values
• the meaning of 'nature'

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In addition to our keynote speaker, we will hear talks from the following scholars.
 

• Caitlin Fitchett, "Geoengineering, Indigenous Conceptions of the Value of Nature, and Public     Discourse"
• James Garrison, "The Trolley Problem… In Space! (Spoiler: Humans Are the Trolley)"
• Kate Nicole Hoffman, "Nature from Whose Perspective? Nature-based Solutions and Artificial Analogs"
• Karen Houle & Suzanne McCullagh, "Environmental Philosophizing with Worms"
• Sam Kellogg, "Despoiling the Wild: Wilderness, Technology, and the Ideal of Communication"
• Arthur Obst, "Wilderness and the Question of Intellectual Humility"
• Vincent Del Prado, "The Loss of Autarkeia and the Problem of Meaning in the Age of Smartphone Technology"
• Alessandro Ramón Moscarítolo Palacio, "Forging a New Relationship with Nature: Lessons from the Indigenous Philosophy of Abya Yala-the Americas"
• Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth, "The Journeys of Elephants"

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2022's event is funded by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
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Questions? Contact us!