Magnolia Pauker, PhD, The Social Justice Institute, UBC + PhD (ABD), Philosophy, Media and Communications, The European Graduate School
I am a lecturer the Faculty of Community and Culture at ECUAD on unceded stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) & səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories, colonially known as Vancouver, Canada. My practice takes up the philosophical interview as a model for critical engagement, knowledge production, and pedagogy. Sketching the contours of philosophy, cultural studies, and journalism, I am committed to working in response to the contemporary. I am co-editor of InterViews in Performance Philosophy: Crossings and Conversations, a collection of original essays and interviews with Judith Butler, Alphonso Lingis, Catharine Malabou, Avital Ronell, and others (Palgrave Macmillan 2017). My current book project is entitled, Philosophy Now! Genealogies of Philosophical Journalism & The Question of the Present (Forthcoming 2025).