On May 6th, we’ll be joined by Dr. Alexis Shotwell to discuss the forthcoming book, Only With Others. What if it is good news to discover that we cannot personally solve the most important problems we face? Dr. Shotwell argues that it is impossible for us to solve any problem worth solving all by ourselves. Starting from the understanding that there is no place outside of complicity, she offers approaches to turning towards collectivity rather than individual guilt or immobilization in response to wicked and recalcitrant problems. Only With Others argues that actually it is perhaps the best expression of human freedom that we can work with other people to change the world that shapes us.
ALEXIS SHOTWELL
Dr. Alexis Shotwell is a Professor at Carleton University. Her academic work addresses impurity, environmental justice, racial formation, disability, unspeakable and unspoken knowledge, sexuality, gender, and political transformation. Her political work focuses on queer liberation, Indigenous solidarity, and feminist community education. She is the co-investigator for the AIDS Activist History Project. Dr. Shotwell is the author of the books Knowing Otherwise: Race, Gender, and Implicit Understanding and Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times.
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