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I met with Professor Marcello Fiocco at UC Irvine today. Professor Fiocco is the founder and director of TH!NK, a program that brings philosophy to elementary and middle school students across Orange County. The campus w...

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Today, I met with Dr. Wendy Turgeon through Zoom. Dr. Wendy Turgeon, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at St. Joseph's University, has spent decades thinking about how to bring philosophy into pre-college classrooms. My ...

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I reached out to Professor Jin Y. Park, Chair of Philosophy and Religion at American University, after coming across her work on marginality (specifically the marginalization of non-Western philosophy). She's also Korean...

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This one was more of a protest than an interview. I found USC almost by accident. I'd been trying to identify philosophy professors near Orange County (where I am staying over the Summer) I could actually meet in person,...

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Dr. Owakah is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Nairobi and Coordinator of the university's Center for Human Rights and Peace. When I wrote to Professor Masolo about East African philosophy, he looped ...

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This one felt different from the start. Professor Bryan Van Norden is the co-author of the actual New York Times piece that Professor Jay Garfield came to discuss with my HUM I class back in March of 2024 (the conversati...

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I first came across Professor Dismas A. Masolo's work while researching East African philosophy for my curriculum guide. His book, African Philosophy in Search of Identity, is considered a foundational text arguing for A...

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I first came across Professor James Maffie's work while trying to figure out how to represent Indigenous Latin American philosophy in my curriculum guide without flattening it into one thing. His book, Aztec Philosophy: ...

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On July 27th, a bright Monday, I drove to Soka University's main kiosk for lunch with Professor Robert Allinson, who teaches PHIL 350: Global Philosophy, East, West and South.

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What I did in the past year, 2024-2025, before fieldwork in the summer of 2025.

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A brief visit & a moment of encounter with some Mormon Missionaries.

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On Jun 13, I went to the Somerville Public Library (West Branch), and had a conversation with their librarians.

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The Edwin Ginn Library was unfortunately closed today, but I had the opportunity to talk with a staff member about the library.

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The Tisch Library at Tufts University uses the Library of Congress system.

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Library with the most gorgeous architecture.

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Every word was incredibly important in this conversation. This is what talking to a philosopher meant.

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This is the smallest library I've been to.

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After visiting Robbins Library, I went to Medford in the pouring rain. But it was undoubtedly a fulfilling trip :)

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On Jun. 10 (a day too rainy for biking, I highly regret so), I visited the Robbins Library in Lexington, MA.

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"Wow, that's a very interesting observation!" The library said.

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On Jun 7th, I visited Burlington Public Library in the pouring rain of New England early summer.

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The Berry Library of Dartmouth was an interesting example: they used both the Dewey System and the Library of Congress.

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***Blooper at the end of this blog***

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*** Fun clip at the end of the blog ***

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After visiting the Lucius Beebe Library, I biked thirty minutes uphill for the Reading Public Library...

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On Jun 1, I biked a total of 21.06 kilometers to visit two public libraries -- Lucius Beebe and Reading Public Library.

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On the same day (May 30), I biked from Winchester Public Library to Woburn Public Library.

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The non-fiction collection is on the 2nd floor of the Winchester Public Library. Similar to Stoneham, it uses the Dewey System.

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On May 29, I visited the Boston Public Library (BPL).

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The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the Dewey Decimal System, same as most other public libraries in the region.

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