Joel-Anthoney Bossous' (Duke University) presentation “In the Power of the Tongue: Necropower, Knowledge & Liberty” explored power and the extremely topical concept of epistemic injustice. With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Senior lecturer Martina Reuter's (Origins of Racializing Thought -project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) presentation scrutinized debates over the citizenship of Jews in Finland, focusing on newspaper articles from 1872 and 1882. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

In the session "Inclusion/exclusion in the history of political philosophy", Giovanni Battista Soda (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele) discussed the problem of racism in David Hume’s anthropology and politics. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

In the session "Populism and the Far-Right", Malin Grahn-Wilder (@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social ,Origins of Racializing Thought -project @koneensaatio.fi ) analyzed cultural racism, and exclusive views on citizenship in Finland. With @rosariolopez.bsky.social Photo @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Populism was one of the topical questions discussed in the Acting Democratically -conference. Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt (Univ. of Málaga) addressed this topic in his presentation “An Exclusionary Concept: Competing Definitions of ‘The People’ in Populist Democratic Theory and Republican Theory”.

Elad Carmel's presentation (@eladcarmel.bsky.social, @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) “The Bubble: Utopia, Democracy, and (Contested) Inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest” opened fascinating perspectives both to democracy and the upcoming @eurovision.tv at Basel. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social