Paris Institute for Critical Thinking

Our thirty-third interview is with Wolfgang Pannek, theatre maker (Sao Paulo, Brazil) by Anton Bonnici (Paris, France) Saturday, November 13, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking. To achieve this, we will interview a broad spectrum of thinkers ranging from scholars to journalists. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/paris_institute linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our second interview is with Sarah Iles Johnston, classics scholar (Ohio, USA) Monday, November 8, 2021 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates With Death hopes to make the topic of death less distant: today, it seems we are solely terrified by it, with no decent way to talk about it anymore. Dates With Death hopes to put death in historical context: different cultures have dealt with it in different ways at different times, and there might be something to learn from that. Finally, Dates With Death hopes to show exactly what our (not) dealing with death reveals about our own culture and society, from the way we assign our genders to the way we plan our cities. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/paris_institute linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our first interview is with Sheldon Solomon, social psychologist (Saratoga Springs, USA) Thursday, June 24, 2021 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates With Death hopes to make the topic of death less distant: today, it seems we are solely terrified by it, with no decent way to talk about it anymore. Dates With Death hopes to put death in historical context: different cultures have dealt with it in different ways at different times, and there might be something to learn from that. Finally, Dates With Death hopes to show exactly what our (not) dealing with death reveals about our own culture and society, from the way we assign our genders to the way we plan our cities. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/paris_institute linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our thirty-second interview is with Joseba Zulaika, anthropologist (Reno, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, September 16, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking. To achieve this, we will interview a broad spectrum of thinkers ranging from scholars to journalists. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/paris_institute linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Wolfgang Streeck, an economic sociologist and former director at the Max Planck Institute, delves into pressing economic issues. He discusses the deep-rooted inequalities perpetuated by status inheritance, highlighting the struggles for social mobility. Streeck connects capitalism to imperialism, exploring its disruptive influence on traditional lifestyles. He compares capitalism to a pandemic, emphasizing its instability and the associated risks to vulnerable populations. The conversation also critiques the sustainability of rising debt levels and their impact on economic performance.

Our eighth interview is with Jonathan Rée, philosopher, historian, and author (Oxford, UK) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, June 10, 2021 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way in which words were ever put together. In this podcast, we will introduce you to some of our favorite books—recent books, relevant books, our own books of course, but also classic books that we just can’t seem to stop talking and teaching about. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/ParisCritical linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our first interview is with Samir Gandesha, humanities scholar (Vancouver, Canada) by Emily Laurent-Monaghan (Vancouver, Canada) Wednesday, May 26, 2021 *You can find an edited transcript of this conversation at The Thinking Cap, the PICT Student Ambassador Program's blog. Welcome to The Object Lesson, the podcast series of the PICT Student Ambassador Program. Featuring dialogues between PICT Student Ambassadors and thinkers, artists, and activists from around the world, The Object Lesson explores provocative, intergenerational perspectives from philosophy to politics and aesthetics. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/ParisCritical linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our seventh interview is with David Cayley, writer and broadcaster (Toronto, Canada) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, May 27, 2021 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way in which words were ever put together. In this podcast, we will introduce you to some of our favorite books—recent books, relevant books, our own books of course, but also classic books that we just can’t seem to stop talking and teaching about. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/ParisCritical linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our thirtieth interview is with Laurie Zoloth, ethics scholar (Chicago, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, May 10, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking. To achieve this, we will interview a broad spectrum of thinkers ranging from scholars to journalists. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/parisinstitute instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/ParisCritical linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/

Our twenty-ninth interview is with Michelle Coursey & Jessica Padilla, makeup artists (NYC, USA) by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) Tuesday, April 27, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking. To achieve this, we will interview a broad spectrum of thinkers ranging from scholars to journalists. website: https://parisinstitute.org/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/ParisCritical linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/paris-institute-for-critical-thinking/