{"id":1693,"date":"2014-09-02T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:26:30","slug":"contrariwise-pious-and-especially-playful-learning-in-the-creation-of-a-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/contrariwise-pious-and-especially-playful-learning-in-the-creation-of-a-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTRARIWISE: Pious and Especially Playful Learning in the Creation of a Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When Diana Senechal first contacted me about the philosophy journal <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">her students had put together,\u00a0<i><a title=\"Contrariwise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contrariwisejournal.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CONTRARIWISE<\/a>,<\/i> I must admit an image jumped to mind of stereotypical responses to essay prompts, collected and bound from the end-of-year assignments. What else would a high school philosophy journal be? How could one adapt what is usually highly technical, rigorous, and often difficult writing into something made by and for fellow students?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The journal is the months-long work of 27 students at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiasecondary.org\">Columbia Secondary School<\/a>. Published this past spring, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>CONTRARIWISE<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> pairs serious inquiry with play resulting in a delightful collection of pieces highlighting creative approaches to many philosophical topics. It\u2019s already received praise in a number of places including <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/bookhaven.stanford.edu\/2014\/03\/nyc-techie-kids-buck-trend-take-on-humanities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a> I can attest that it makes fascinating reading and is quite inspirational for me as a philosophy teacher. If you\u2019re interested in checking it out, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrariwisejournal.com\/samples.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selections are available online<\/a> and you can order the journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrariwisejournal.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. I recently spoke with its two editors and a pair of contributors (thanks Khadijah, Theo, Nicholas and Ron!) about their aims and the process of putting the journal together. I found they had put a lot of thought into what motivates interesting writing and the issues of accessibility that philosophy faces. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>We started out by discussing what they wanted the journal to do in terms of mission and goals (the interview has been edited and condensed): <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Ron:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i> \u201cWe really tried to avoid dry material, because people feel like that\u2019s what philosophy is about \u2026.. That when people think philosophy they seem to tend to think of old people thinking very hard and writing very boring books \u2026 anything is really philosophy\u2026 and it\u2019s a really fun subject and that\u2019s what we are trying to show. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1700\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1700\" class=\" wp-image-1700 \" alt=\"Nicholas Pape and Ron Gunczler, the editors of Contrariwise\" src=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0007-1024x685.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicholas Pape and Ron Gunczler, the editors of Contrariwise<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Nicholas:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i> A lot of people think Philosophy and English are the exact same thing, so in the very beginning we got a lot of essays that were just not as creative as we would have liked and did not really convey the idea that we were trying to have for the journal. We cut a few of those out. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>I asked if they had any advice for others thinking of starting a journal; this got the conversation to the playful heart of the journal: a contest! <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Ron:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i> \u201cPeople will not know what you are doing, at least for the first time. It will be very hard to get things. It\u2019s kind of how the contest started: Huge well designed posters (thanks to Professor Senechal) about the contests. We tried to make really fun contests that people would be interested in. \u2026 Second, I would say,you are going to get lots of essays. And they&#8217;ll be the &#8220;Wonderbread and American Cheese sandwich&#8221; kind of essay. At least until you make it clear that essays that actually mean something, AND other things are cool: art, stories\u2026. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Khadijah:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i> \u201cWe really went beyond the typical definition of philosophy and what you see in your basic class. \u2026 This was introduced to me as a contest. So it was voluntary. People weren\u2019t forced to do this, and it really covers a lot of ground. \u2026 We have things that will make you laugh; things that will make you cry. It\u2019s a very dynamic book.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Ron<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">: [We told the potential contributors]: <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>don\u2019t go out of your way to try to sound smart, because you\u2019re not trying to impress your teacher\u2026 let other people enjoy what you\u2019re writing. \u2026 So, as Khadijah said, accessible language \u2026 and, converse with your readers. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>And what were these contests exactly? <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Nicholas:\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Contest one: If someone could temporarily freeze time at will, how long would they know for how long they could do it? Should they do it? How would they know without practice? How would they practice? What would the limitations be? In what ways could they use this creatively? Describe the logistics of time control. Suggest your own logistics. Pretend it\u2019s a fact of life, give it rules. Do any or all of these, we don\u2019t care \u2026have fun, science is optional. Common sense is required.\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Contest two: Assume the world has reached its maximum possible population in terms of population density. How could every individual get enough food and drink to survive; in other words, how could we solve world hunger in a feasible manner? Would we have to leave Earth to do it, and what other measures would we have to take? <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Ron<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>: We emphasized that this should be as fun and creative and not serious as possible.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Khadijah<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>: There has to be a degree of eccentricity to the questions that we ask because we are not looking for your basic responses. We need philosophers who can transgress those boundaries and get people to come in and say I want to take a philosophy class and request it in schools around the world and around the nation. We do our best to really make people think. And the questions that they asked me, and I when I looked at them at face value, I thought, \u201cI really don\u2019t know how I am going to answer this.\u201d It makes you think. I think the best questions are the ones where you don\u2019t know how you\u2019re going to answer them. You\u2019re going to have to formulate them and test them. So pretty much you\u2019re a scientist, a philosopher\u2026everything is wrapped up in one.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Theo<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>: <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>When I tell my friends about CONTRARIWISE and I get &#8220;inevitable blank stares,&#8221; I tell them that CONTRARIWISE is a philosophy journal that analyzes and explores both humorous and serious aspects of philosophy that can help us, in one way or the other, in the real world. I also add on that they would really enjoy participating in CONTRARIWISE events, and that it would greatly benefit them.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1699\" style=\"width: 829px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1699\" class=\" wp-image-1699   \" alt=\"Shakespearean  experiments at the journal's publication party\" src=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0026-1024x685.jpg\" width=\"819\" height=\"548\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shakespearean experiments at the journal&#8217;s publication party (the editors and Sofia Arnold)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>What was participating in the contests and writing for the journal like? <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Khadijah:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i> I had to shorten my piece&#8230; . I think the biggest thing I would say to someone else is that they should strive for a response that most accurately answers the questions posed by the editors-in-chief, instead of conforming to a conventional five-paragraph essay. \u2026 The creative voice is compromised when we have to put it into a certain cookie cutter method. &#8230; And this is a marketing tool to people who generally think of philosophers as old white men sitting around. \u2026 It was very useful for me to be able to concentrate my ideas. When you have to make something concise you have to make it about what is the core of what you want to say. And, how can I package it in a way that people who don\u2019t think like me or don\u2019t have the same interests as me will find interesting? So this is something I will continue to use in my professional career. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In doing some research for this piece I came across <a href=\"http:\/\/ny.chalkbeat.org\/2014\/06\/24\/pairing-serious-inquiry-with-play-my-students-embrace-a-balance-educators-struggle-to-strike\/#.U-o9bEgqGAG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a blog post <\/a>by Dr. Senechal that discussed two important characteristics of teaching: play and piety. I want to point readers to this and comment on how the project of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>CONTRARIWISE <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">really captures her particular teaching philosophy on balancing these pillars of learning. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Teaching today, argues Senechal, has swung too much in the direction of piety: a highly structured focus on pre-specified results (knowledge of facts, specific skills\u2026the kind of activity that results in high standardized test results). The use of play, however, is tricky. Although we learn through play, unstructured play is not as productive as structured play. What\u2019s difficult is finding a way to motivate and structure intellectual activity so that it does not constrain the playfulness. This is something that the editors of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Contrariwise<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> faced while developing the journal, and an issue that many of us who do philosophy with young people face. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>CONTRARIWISE\u2019s <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">model <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">is creative, instructive, successful, and displays great humor. The journal is a great example of playfulness becoming embodied and solid through the goal of a final product. It is philosophy as play turned solid in publication (and social through the publication party!) In the history of philosophy, has the cover of a philosophy journal ever graced the surface of a cake? I doubt it has and I think that it\u2019s fantastic and a most appropriate symbol of what\u2019s been achieved by these students in <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima-Regular,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>CONTRARIWISE. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(A special thanks to Khadijah McCarthy, Ron Gunczler, Nicholas Pape and Theo Frye Yanos for taking the time to talk with me about the journal, and to Diana Senechal for arranging our meeting.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/contrariwise-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1697\" alt=\"Contrariwise cake\" src=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/contrariwise-cake-996x1024.jpg\" width=\"697\" height=\"717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Mark Balawender, a graduate student in philosophy at Michigan State University,\u00a0 is the Communications Director for PLATO. His work focuses on the politics of nonviolent action, and he occasionally does philosophy with 3rd and 4th graders. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Diana Senechal first contacted me about the philosophy journal her students had put together,\u00a0CONTRARIWISE, I must admit an image jumped to mind of stereotypical responses to essay prompts, collected and bound from the end-of-year assignments. What else would a high school philosophy journal be? 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