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Louise Richardson-Self
Louise Richardson-Self
Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies
School of Humanities
Room 365, Humanities Building, Sandy Bay Campus
Louise joined the University of Tasmania as a Lecturer in Philosophy and Gender Studies in the School of Humanities in July 2015, and teaches into both the Philosophy and Gender Studies majors.
Biography
In 2016 Louise was awarded the prestigious R. M. Crawford Medal for her research and public outreach by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and in 2017 she was a Residential Fellow of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project, hosted by the University of Connecticut. She currently serves on the Australasian Association of Philosophy’s ‘Status of Women in the Philosophy Profession’ and ‘Philosophy in the Community’ committees.
Louise graduated with her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sydney in 2014, and was a Research Affiliate with the University of Sydney for one year (2014-2015). Her undergraduate and Honours studies were undertaken at the University of Tasmania (2006-2009).
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Expertise
- The Imaginary as figured in philosophical and cultural scholarship
- Hate Speech, Harm, and Contemporary Accounts of Human Rights
- Feminist Ethics, Feminist Political Philosophy
- LGBTIAQ Issues
- Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Sex (e.g. Metaphysics of Sex and Gender)
Research Themes
Louise's research to-date focuses primarily on LGBTIAQ rights, from the nexus of political philosophy, ethics, and feminist philosophy. Her recent book, Justifying Same-Sex Marriage: A Philosophical Investigation, focuses on the trend of justifying same-sex marriage using rights rhetoric. She critiques dominant justifications for same-sex marriage and propose an alternative combined approach to justifying same-sex marriage. This approach is inspired by discursive constructivism and French feminist philosophy. The combined approach emphasises pluralisation, focusing on the ways that societies and the law may recognise and value multiple forms of caring relationships without hierarchically valuing marriage. Central to this project is, additionally, an emphasis on the dominant social imaginary.
Her work in progress continues to build on this notion of the social imaginary, drawing together and making sense of its use primarily within the philosophical literature. In addition, Louise hypothesises that a more robust account of the social imaginary (or, social imaginaries) can allow for unique insights into matters of contemporary ethical and political relevance. Her current interest is to investigate the nature of the harm that is occasioned in instances of hate speech.
Fields of Research
- Feminist Theory (220306)
- Social Philosophy (220319)
- Religion and Religious Studies (220499)
- Ethical Theory (220305)
- Religion and Society (220405)
- Law and Society (180119)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (200319)
Research Objectives
- Social Ethics (950407)
- Gender and Sexualities (940113)
- Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies (970122)
- Workplace and Organisational Ethics (950409)
- Technological Ethics (950408)
- Religion and Society (950404)
- Law Reform (940405)
Publications
Total publications
12
Journal Article
(9 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Richardson-Self L, 'Reflections on imagination and embodiment in the work of Moira Gatens, 1983-2008', Parrhesia, 30 pp. 29-47. ISSN 1834-3287 (2019) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2018 | Richardson-Self L, 'Woman-hating: On misogyny, sexism, and hate speech', Hypatia, 33, (2) pp. 256-272. ISSN 0887-5367 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/hypa.12398 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2018 | Richardson-Self L, 'Same-Sex Marriage and the 'No' Campaign', Humanities Australia, 9 pp. 32-39. ISSN 1837-8064 (2018) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2018 | Richardson-Self L, 'Offending white men: racial vilification, misrecognition, and epistemic injustice', Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 4, (4) Article 4. ISSN 2371-2570 (2018) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2015 | Richardson-Self L, 'Reporting on LGBTIAQ Politics Some Strategies for Journalists', Asia Pacific Media Educator, 25, (2) pp. 171-181. ISSN 1326-365X (2015) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2014 | Richardson-Self LV, 'Same-Sex Marriage: Zero Tolerance', Parrhesia: a journal of critical philosophy, 21 pp. 113-124. ISSN 1834-3287 (2014) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2014 | Richardson-Self LV, 'Same-sex marriage: The road to social justice?', Australian Review of Public Affairs, (May, 2014) pp. 1-9. ISSN 1832-1526 (2014) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2012 | Richardson-Self LV, 'Questioning the Goal of Same-Sex Marriage', Australian Feminist Studies, 27, (72) pp. 205-219. ISSN 1465-3303 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2012.678572 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2012 | Richardson-Self LV, 'Coming Out and Fitting In: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Difference', M/C Journal; A Journal of Media and Culture, 15, (6) pp. 1-8. ISSN 1441-2616 (2012) [Refereed Article] |
Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Richardson-Self LV, 'Justifying Same-Sex Marriage: A Philosophical Investigation', Rowman and Littlefield, London, pp. 192. ISBN 9781783483211 (2015) [Authored Research Book] |
Chapter in Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Richardson-Self LV, 'Irigarayan Insights on the Problem of LGBT Inequality', Everyday Feminist Research Praxis: Doing Gender in the Netherlands, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Domitilla Olivieri, Koen Leurs (ed), Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 40-55. ISBN 978-1-4438-6011-6 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] |
Review
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Richardson-Self L, 'Transatlantic feminisms: Women and gender studies in Africa and the diaspora', Emotion, Space and Society, 23 pp. 54-55. ISSN 1755-4586 (2017) [Review Single Work] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
3
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- Women are subjected to many forms of attack online. This project aims to theorise online gendered hate speechagainst women, using a powerful emerging conceptual framework: social imaginaries. Expected outcomes includenew understandings of a salient social issue, and nuanced evaluations of legal and extra-legal responses: whichcan be justified, and which are most effective? Also expected are substantial benefits to scholarship at theintersection of four domains: hate speech theory, feminist philosophy, the social imaginaries literature, and theonline misogyny literature. The project promises enduring international and national benefits, serving Australiassocial and cultural commitment to womens equality and to improved cybersecurity.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($390,478)
- Scheme
- Fellowship-Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Richardson-Self LV
- Period
- 2019 - 2021
- Grant Reference
- DE190100719
- Description
- The project examines the experience of same-sex attracted workers in government funded faith based social service providers, such as social welfare organisations and schools.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($16,016)
- Scheme
- Grant-CAL Hothouse Research Enhancement Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Ezzy D; Dwyer AE; Richardson-Self LV; Hilkemeijer A; Fielder B
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- This project scopes a research design for proposing a new definition of hate speech, encompassing cyberhate.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($3,405)
- Scheme
- Grant-CAL Hothouse Research Enhancement Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Richardson-Self LV
- Year
- 2017
Research Supervision
Current
3
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Creating an Ethics of Sexuate Difference: Looking at the philosophies of Luce Irigaray and Hannah Arendt together in order to develop new foundations for the future of feminist theory | 2016 |
| PhD | Responses to Roadkill: Emotion, culture, action | 2018 |
| PhD | A PostJungian/Psychoanalytic Feminist Critique of Contemporary Domestic Noir Fiction | 2019 |