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Philosophy Workshop: “Knowing as Practice”

March 14, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm MDT

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Philosophers sometimes treat knowledge as something we have when we’re seated comfortably in a proverbial or literal armchair, eyes closed, “tucked away from the world”—the sort of thing that some disembodied mind could do just as well, or even better, than we can.  Yet at the very least, this seems to leave out a significant aspect of our humanity: the fact that we are embodied creatures, who actively and dynamically interact with the things that we think about and know.

In this workshop, we’ll look directly at ways of experiencing, of encountering, and of knowing that involve the full, embodied human being:

  • In our own lives, how do we already know and encounter the world in embodied ways?

  • How can we deliberately cultivate, improve upon, or develop embodied ways of knowing and understanding?  And why would we want to do that?

  • How do human beings, past and present, know and understand communally, through established and traditional practices?  

  • How might carefully attending to these embodied ways of knowing be of benefit to our communities, our world, and ourselves?

Through all of this, we’ll be fleshing out a view of knowing as practice—and as something that is itself embodied in communities, persons, and relationships.

In keeping with the subject matter, this workshop will be highly interactive and dynamic. Using embodied activities and reflective dialogue, we’ll weave together our own personal experiences with a diversity of traditional perspectives and ways of knowing from around the world, both recent and historical.  And we’ll leave with some specific techniques, practices, and approaches, through which each of us can continue to explore and cultivate some of these embodied ways of knowing in our own lives and communities.

Workshop Intro Video

When & Where

This workshop led by philosophers Hila Tzipora Chase & David Nowakowski will take place via ZOOM on Sunday, March 14th 2021.  No prior background in philosophy is required to participate.

Workshop Details

Date: Sunday, March 14th 
Time: 10am – 12:30pm MDT

Registration Info

Zoom Registration: See Below (Scroll Down)
Cost: Free (Donations Welcome)

Workshop Leaders

Hila Tzipora Chase is a multicultural artist, scientist, and practical philosopher currently living in the traditional territories of the Salish, Pend d’Oreille, Kootenai and the Blackfeet peoples in the heart of the Missoula basin. After spending what would have been their high school years teaching social circus arts in Jerusalem and working as a house cleaner to help support their family, Hila moved to NYC to pursue their bachelor’s degree in biology and an interdisciplinary honors degree, focusing on the intersection of culture, cosmology, and the natural world.

From philosophy of science and environmental philosophy in the dominant academic system, to the indigenous practice-based philosophies they were raised on and trained in by their elders and communities, Hila has always based their work in fostering deep integration, embodiment, and interconnection for all.

Read more about Hila Tzipora Chase...

An integrative scholar and worker with deep roots around the planet, Hila moved across the Atlantic once more in 2016 to pursue their PhD in ecology, evolution, and bird flight biomechanics, and to continue developing and applying their Roots-Based Integration paradigm.

Aside from watching birds fly and reading their bones to better understand the stories of their ancestors, Hila’s current work focuses on using Roots-Based Integration (an interdisciplinary approach they developed that goes far beyond academic disciplines) to provide a hands-on approach to systemic reform, decolonization, community-building, and eco-psychological health. Using this paradigm, they have thus far taught a campus-wide graduate seminar course at the University of Montana and have run multiple international workshops at conferences, for graduate courses, and for grassroots-organized community events. They are excited to continue this hands-on approach to connecting people to themselves, each other, and to the dynamic and wonderous world of creatures with whom we share a home.

David Nowakowski is as a philosopher and educator in the Helena area whose professional work is dedicated to helping people of all ages and backgrounds access, understand, and apply the traditions of ancient philosophy to their own lives.  David began studying ancient philosophies and classical languages in 2001, and has continued ever since.  A scholar of the philosophical traditions of the ancient Mediterranean (Greece, Rome, and North Africa) and of the Indian subcontinent, reading Sanskrit, Latin, and classical Greek, he earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University in 2014.  His work has appeared in a variety of scholarly journals, including Philosophy East & WestAsian Philosophy, and the Journal of Indian Philosophy; as well as in presentations to academic audiences at Harvard, Columbia University, the University of Toronto, Yale-NUS College in Singapore, and elsewhere. 

Read more about David Nowakowski...

After half a decade teaching at liberal arts colleges in the northeast, David chose to leave the academy in order to focus his energies on the transformative value of these ancient philosophical and spiritual traditions in his own life and practice, and on building new systems of education and community learning that will make this rich heritage alive and available to others.

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Once you register, you will receive an e-mail & personal log-in info to join the workshop.

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Make a Donation Here

Our philosophy workshops are FREE.  That said, for those who still have the steady income to do so in these trying times, we could really use your financial support right now.  Donations help to cover workshop leader honorariums, implementation, and resource archiving, as well as community workshop scholarships for those in need.  You can make a donation by clicking here or on the button above.  For those facing more challenging financial circumstances, we ask that you please try to “pay it forward” with acts of kindness for your neighbors and community. 

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Date:
March 14, 2021
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10:00 am - 12:30 pm MDT
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Organizer

Marisa Diaz-Waian
Phone
406-439-5788
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