Ways & Gestures of Practical Philosophy
Listening as a political practice in dissonant democracies
Dialogue as a hermeneutical and communicational strategy in philosophical discourse – Plato and Gadamer
Nurturing the dialogue through literature and children's literature
Migrant people in children's Philosophy and literature
Education, republicanism, citizenship
Communities of Sharing through Personal Expression and Active Listening
Teaching and learning critical thinking
Pedagogical dialogue through the photographic image
Grooving Education: learning to improvise through different languages
Ways & Gestures of Practical Philosophy
University of the Aegean (UAegean)
Laboratory of Research on Practical Philosophy (L.R.P.Ph.)
Department of Preschool Education Sciences & Educational Design
Coordinator οf the Blended Intensive Program
Prof. Elena Theodoropoulou
Directress of the L.R.P.Ph.
Supporting material in English:
Theodoropoulou, E. (in collaboration with: Nikolidaki S.), “The emergence of emergent philosophizing: preliminary notes”, Childhood & Philosophy, v. 13, n. 26, Jan.-Abr., 2017, pp. 153-165.
Theodoropoulou, E., “‘Some-thing inside it’: Philosophy everywhere (?). Philosophical findings in literature paths”, Diotime, Revue Internationale de didactique de la philosophie, n° 77 (juillet 2018).
Theodoropoulou, E., “Présentation. De l’éthique en formation: le geste dialogique”, Le Télémaque, n° 57 [Dossier, « Éducation morale et formation éthique »], Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2020, pp. 35-46
Theodoropoulou, E., “Doing Philosophy Virtually and the Amphibolic Body: Thoughts on the Margins of the Pandemic», Paragrana, vol. 30, no. 2, 2022, pp. 258-269, https://doi.org/10.1515/para-2021-0040.
Theodoropoulou, E., “The Illusions of dialogue: dialogical experience in the classroom”, Ιntroduction in: A. A. Petrou & G. Hadjivassili (coord.), Thinking in Philosophy for Children: Dialogue and Perspectives, (Series: Philosophy & Child, dir. of the series: E. Theodoropoulou, M. Gregory), Athens: Diadrassi, 2022, pp. 55-67.
Theodoropoulou, E., “De la banalité du dialogue en éducation”, in: Theodoropoulou, E. & Moreau, D. (dir.), «Proceedings of the 2nd On-line Doctoral Students International Seminar: Research Themes II», Amechanon. International Journal of the «Laboratory of Research on Practical Philosophy» (L.R.P.Ph.), vol. III, 2020-2022, Rhodes: L.R.P.Ph., 2024, pp. 246-263.
Theodoropoulou, E., “Introduction: Steps, Moments and Ways for a Laboratory of Research on Practical Philosophy”, in: Theodoropoulou, E. (ed., introd.), Proceedings of the 2nd On-line International Biennale of Practical Philosophy: Philosophy in Praxis. The philosophical gesture: political, ethical, educational, artistic engagements, November 25-28, 2021, Rhodes: L.R.P.Ph., 2024, pp. 16-64.
Theodoropoulou, E., “Philosophie de l’éducation en praxis : un « pas moi » ( ?) parcours”, Annuel de la Recherche en Philosophie de l’Éducation, hors série n°1, 2025.
Theodoropoulou, E., “The “Philosophical Objects” Project: Practical Philosophy Through Experimental Research Pathways”, STUDIA UBB. PHILOSOPHIA, 70 (1), 2025, pp. 83-104.
Theodoropoulou, E., “Philosophy of education: an eccentric discipline and its sprezzatura”, in: Bolides. International Journal of Philosophy of Education in Praxis o the Laboratory of Research on Practical Philosophy (L.R.P.Ph.), vol. I, 2024-2025, Rhodes: L.R.P.Ph., 2025, pp. 5-39.
Theodoropoulou, E., ‘‘Practical Philosophy as Evental Gesture: Questions of Reconfiguration’’, Thematic Introduction in: Theodoropoulou, E. (ed., introd.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Biennale of Practical Philosophy, April 19-23, 2024, Rhodes: L.R.P.Ph., 2026, pp. 9-62.
Listening as a political practice in dissonant democracies
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal (UAC)
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais E Humanas
Academic Coordinator
Prof. Magda Costa Carvalho
Barthes, R., Le bruissement de la langue, Paris: Seuil, 1984 (click here).
Bickford, S., The Dissonance of Democracy: Listening, Conflict, and Citizenship, Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1996 (click here).
Dialogue as a hermeneutical and communicational strategy in philosophical discourse – Plato and Gadamer
Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (ΒΒU)
Faculty of History and Philosophy, Department of Philosophy
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Stefan-Sebastian Maftei, Assistant Prof.
Harrington, Au., Hermeneutic Dialogue and Social Science. A critique of Gadamer and Habermas, NY: Routledge, 2001 (click here)
Plato, “Phaedrus”, in: Plato (1914), Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, trans. by Fowler, H.N., Introduction by Lamb W.R.M. (Loeb Classical Library 36), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (click here)
Plato, “Philebus”, in: Plato (1925), Statesman, Philebus, Ion, trans. by Fowler, H.N., Introduction by Lamb W.R.M. (Loeb Classical Library 164), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (click here)
Gadamer, H., G., Plato’s Dialectical Ethics. Phenomenological Interpretations Relating to the Philebus, trans. & introd. by Wallace, R., M., New Haven: Yale UP, 1991 (click here)
Gadamer, H., G., Truth and Method, 2nd., rev. edition, transl. revised by Weinsheimer, J. and Marshall, D., G., London: Sheed & Ward, 2001 (click here)
Marcová, Iv., The Dialogical Mind. Common Sense and Ethics, Cambridge UK: Cambridge UP, 2016 (click here)
Nurturing the dialogue through literature and children's literature
Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy (UniBg)
Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali,
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: Storia della Pedagogia
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Alessandra Mazzini, Assistant Prof.
Migrant people in children's Philosophy and literature
Université de Bordeaux, France (UB)
Institut National du Professorat et de l’Éducation de l’Académie de Bordeaux
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Stéphanie Péraud-Puigségur, MCF
Péraud-Puigségur, St., “Le poison lent des faux dialogues en éducation”, in: Quintin, J. (dir.), Le dialogue dans l’acte éducatif et la relation de soin, Montréal: Liber, 2016, pp. 91-109 (click here)
Péraud-Puigségur, St., “Penser la fraternité pour éduquer le citoyen à la lumière de l’oeuvre de Martha Nussbaum”, Tréma, Fraternité en éducation, éducation à la fraternité, 53, 2020, pp. 1-15 (click here)
Lagrange, Cr., De la terre à la pluie, Seuil: Seuil Jeunesse, 2017 (click here)
Dubois, Cl., K., Akim court, Pastel l’école des loisirs, 2012 (click here)
Calderon, J., M., M. & Pedro, J., M., Au pays de mon ballon rouge, trans. by Serres, A., Rue du monde, 2011 (click here)
Alméras, Cl., Un autre rivage, Paris: Gallimard Jeunesse, 2022 (click here)
Couichoux, R., La Bille d’Idriss, Rue du monde, 2017 (click here)
Education, republicanism, citizenship
Université de Bordeaux, France (UB)
Institut National du Professorat et de l’Éducation de l’Académie de Bordeaux
Academic Coordinator
Prof. Christophe Miqueu
Bentouhami, H. & Miqueu, C. (dir.), Conflits et démocratie. Quel nouvel espace public ?, Paris: L’Harmattan, Éditeur, 2010, Collection “Pouvoirs comparés” dirigée par Michel Berges, professeur des universités, agrégé de science politique, Université de Bordeaux IV Montesquieu (click here)
Miqueu, C., “Apprendre à philosopher et découvrir la citoyenneté à partir du Contrat social“, L’enseignement philosophique, 59 e année, Numéro 2, 2009, pp. 35-56 (click here)
Miqueu, C., “Le Republicanisme presentation d’un chamo de recherches en philosophie politique”, KLESIS – Revue Philosophique: Recherches en philosophie politique, Septembre 2006 (click here)
Communities of Sharing through Personal Expression and Active Listening
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (UC)
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Carlos Francisco de Sousa Reis, Assist. Prof.
Reis, C., R., Formosinho, M. & Jesus, P., “Rescuing the ghost from the machine: towards responsive education and beyond explanatory machinery systems”, International Journal on Lifelong Education and Leadership, 2(1), 2016, pp. 7-15 (click here)
Teaching and learning critical thinking
Université de Lille, France (UL)
Institut National Supérieur du Professorat
et de l’Education de l’Académie de Lille (INSPE)
Academic Coordinators
Dr. Luise Ferté, MCF
Pedagogical dialogue through the photographic image
Grooving Education: learning to improvise through different languages
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (UniPD)
Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata (FISPPA)
Academic Coordinators
Dr. Eleonora Zorzi & Prof. Marina Santi
Shem-Tov, N., “Improvisational Teaching as Mode of Knowing”, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 2011, pp. 103-113 (click here)
Santi. M., “Education as Jazz: A framework to escape the monologue of teaching and learning”, in: Santi. M. & Zorzi, E. (ed.), Education as Jazz: Interdisciplinary Sketches on a New Metaphor, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016, pp. 03-28 (click here)
Zorzi, E., & Santi, M., “Improvising inquiry in the community: the teacher’s profile”, Childhood & Philosophy, Rio de Janeiro, v. 16, Mar. 2020, pp. 01-17 (click here)
Zorzi, E. & Santi, M., “How to generate (educate) an inquiring -jazzing community: free and open suggestions from an international workshop (ICPIC 2022)”, Childhood & Philosophy, Rio de Janeiro, v. 19, Abr. 2023, pp. 01- 22 (click here)