An Interdisciplinary Public Humanities Project by Emory College Students

Category: Issue #2

Searching for Justice

Marlie GoldenNov 7, 2022

chains justice slavery america social capitalism

A note from the author: This project was inspired by Walter Johnson’s article, “To Remake the World: Slavery, Racial Capitalism, and Justice.” While I was familiar with many of the topics surrounding social injustice that we discussed in PHIL 220W,...

Introduction Issue #2

A Special Issue on Justice, Freedom, & Revolution

Dilek HuseyinzadeganSep 5, 2022

Turning on the Light with Interdisciplinary Humanities in Dark Times This Special Issue of JSPE showcases the amazing creative academic work done in the past two years by Emory College undergraduates, majoring and minoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (PPL)....

Essay Issue #2

Identity and Imagination in Silicon Valley

Stewart ZelnickMay 8, 2022

Metaverse and the Future If you read the news, it is likely that you will come across stories that point towards a technological dystopian future. Just today, April 19, 2022, a story was published concerning a hacking group and their...

Issue #2 OpEd

A Letter Re: History Education in U.S. Schools

Kira EngMay 8, 2022

All of us are tied inextricably to our origins. As a young woman of mixed Chinese and White descent, who grew up in the liberal, wealthy, immigrant population of Bellevue, Washington, I cannot separate myself from where I am from...

Issue #2 Mixed Media

Distorting Mulan

Chujie QuiMay 8, 2022

Another Story of Cultural Imperialism This drawing is about how the 2020 Disney film Mulan contributes to what philosopher Iris Marion-Young defines as one face of structural-systemic oppression, namely, cultural imperialism through its distorted representation of Chinese culture. Disney is...

Issue #2 Other

Angela Davis & Adam Smith on Social Media,
Democracy, & Capitalism

Ria PuriMay 8, 2022

Revolutionary and Reformatory Action: The Fall of Democratic Twitter to Capitalism Author’s note: As I am revisiting this 2020 piece for publication in 2022, it is interesting to note that Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest man on earth, just...

Issue #2 Poetry

On American Reality

Saanya KapasiMay 8, 2022

(Or The Fiction We Tell Ourselves) $300 and two suitcases each sarees became skirts kurtas became cufflinks sure, there were struggles insensitive questions, side comments but we blend in we become appealing models, even now every time we go back...

Issue #2 Poetry

Becoming Other

Spencer WangMay 8, 2022

A note from the author: This poem is about me growing up Asian in a predominantly white community and the feelings of a pervasive isolation from not fitting into white American culture. I wanted to express how this sense of...

Issue #2 Mixed Media

Stop AAPI Hate

Ulia AhnMay 8, 2022

I had just arrived in Atlanta for a delayed start to my spring semester on Zoom, on March 16th, when the infamous Atlanta spa shootings took place. This incident was a physical manifestation of hate toward and racially targeted attacks...

Issue #2 Mixed Media

“That Asian Girl” – A Modern Cultural Imperialism Story

Amie LyMay 8, 2022

While my classmates were known as “Class Clown” or “Most Popular,” my white peers reduced my unspoken class superlative to “that Asian girl.” I knew when people talked about me, my race preceded my name, and the stereotypes I tried...