Philosophy has a WEIRD people problem too: “we analyzed 171 experimental philosophy studies published between 2017 and 2023. We found that most studies tested only Western populations but generalized beyond them without justification”

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy-of-science/article/hasty-generalizations-are-pervasive-in-experimental-philosophy-a-systematic-analysis/27AF62B58334B5120F3317CE9E6259C7

'Latin America is taking on a pioneering role in this. In Latin America, scientific outputs are considered a public good. Free-to-publish and free-to-read cooperative publishing is supported by non-commercial and publicly funded infrastructure. Ninety-five per cent of Latin American journals are diamond open access: community-driven and collaborative platforms with no article processing charges. Their example shows us that research is a more global and diverse enterprise than is typically acknowledged. By including diverse voices, they contribute substantially to the academic landscape and the accessibility and dissemination of research3. Unfortunately, these journals tend to be excluded by indexing systems, which causes science published outside of the Global North to not receive the attention that it deserves.'

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01637-2

Photographs from the Holocaust

We can learn much from photography that originated during the Holocaust and Holodomor, and other periods of atrocity. But It is crucial to consider ethical issues about the use of these photographs -- the content and the provenance. This post considers the important photo "Boy in the Warsaw Ghetto" and its origin in SS military units under SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop who oversaw the extermination of the ghetto uprising.

#genocide

https://undsoc.org/2023/06/02/photographs-from-the-holocaust/