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Aeon
Type of site
Online magazineforculture,religion,politics,art,science,philosophy,psychology.
Available inEnglish
OwnerAeon Media Group Ltd.,Melbourne, Australia
EditorBrigid Hains
URLaeon.coEdit this at Wikidata
Launched17 September 2012;11 years ago(2012-09-17)
Current statusactive

Aeonis adigital magazineofideas,philosophy and culture. Publishing new articles every weekday, Aeon describes itself as a publication which "asks the biggest questions and finds the freshest, most original answers, provided by world-leading authorities on science, philosophy and society."[1]The magazine is published by Aeon Media Group, which has offices inLondon,New York,andMelbourne.

History[edit]

Aeonwas founded inLondonin September 2012 by Paul and Brigid Hains, an Australian couple.[2][3]It now has offices in London,MelbourneandNew York.[1]On 1 July 2016,Aeonbecame aregistered charitywith theAustralian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission,in the categories of advancing culture and advancing education.[4]Aeon also registered its affiliate, Aeon America, asa 501(c)(3) charity[5]in the US, in the education category. In April 2020 Aeon launched a sister site,Psychemagazine, named for thePsycheconcept inpsychology,[6]which publishes ideas, guides and videos on psychology,philosophyandthe arts.In 2022, they launched SophiaClub, a "program of cultural events".[7]

Format[edit]

Aeon's content consists oflong-form,in-depth essays and shortdocumentariesunder the banner of Aeon Video.Aeonalso used to publish Aeon Ideas, which consisted of short-form articles. These are now published on the new publication,Psyche.

AeonVideo[edit]

AeonVideo's program is composed of curated selections, short documentaries that are exclusive toAeon,and original series produced byAeon.The most notable of these is theIn Sightseries, which features interviews and discussions with leading philosophers, scientists, thinkers and writers.

Several ofAeon's exclusives have been chosen asVimeoStaff Picks, including Dramatic and Mild, American Renaissance, Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter to Heaven, Cutting Loose, Glas, and World Fair.[8]

Contributors[edit]

Contributors have been a wide array of academics, journalists, andscience writers,including:

Critical reception[edit]

Editorial director Brigid Hains won theAustralasian Association of Philosophy's Media Professionals' Award in 2018.[14]

Margaret Wertheim's essay "How to play mathematics" is featured in the anthologyBest Writing on Mathematics 2018,published byPrinceton University Press.

Rebecca Boyle's essay "The end of night" was featured in theanthologyThe Best American Science and Nature Writing2015,under the title "The Health Effects of a World without Darkness".[15]

Jessa Gamble's essay "The end of sleep?" was named the best feature of 2013 by theAssociation of British Science Writers.[16]

In 2013, Hamish McKenzie ofPando Dailynamed Aeon the 'best example of a magazine built for the age of mobile'.[3]

Many Aeon essays have been featured in theNational GeographicTop Science Longreads: Ross Andersen's essay "The vanishing groves"was featured in 2012, and his essay" Omens "was featured in 2013;[17]Lee Billings’ essay "Drive-thru astronomy" was featured in 2013; and Veronique Greenwood's essay "Cows might fly" was also featured in 2013.

Partnerships[edit]

Aeon has had partnerships with several organisations and publications, including theUniversity of Cambridge:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk,Princeton University Press,MIT Press[18]andHowTheLightGetsIn Festival.It has an audio partnership with the audio app, Curio.[19]

Creative Commons republication[edit]

The now-discontinued Ideas articles are available for republication under aCreative Commonslicense.[20][21]These pieces have been syndicated by online media outlets such asThe Atlantic[22]and theBBC.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"About Aeon".Retrieved27 June2016.
  2. ^Rachel McAthy (17 September 2012)."New digital magazine AEON will 'delve behind the news'".journalism.co.uk.
  3. ^abHamish McKenzie (16 September 2013)."Is Aeon Magazine the best magazine on the Internet?".Pando Daily.Archived fromthe originalon 18 August 2016.Retrieved28 June2016.
  4. ^"Aeon Media Group Limited".Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission.Retrieved25 December2016.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^"About".Aeon.Retrieved6 August2021.
  6. ^"Psyche: On the human condition".Psyche.Retrieved6 August2021.
  7. ^"About".Sophia Club.Retrieved10 December2023.
  8. ^"Vimeo Staff Picks".27 June 2016.
  9. ^"Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy | Aeon Ideas".Aeon.Retrieved10 December2023.
  10. ^"Written by Matthew Battles | Aeon".Aeon.Retrieved10 April2024.
  11. ^"The link between language and cognition is a red herring | Aeon Ideas".Aeon.Retrieved10 December2023.
  12. ^"Without conversation, philosophy is just dogma | Aeon Essays".Aeon.Retrieved10 December2023.
  13. ^"There is no such thing as a 'good' or a 'bad' microbe | Aeon Essays".Aeon.Retrieved10 December2023.
  14. ^"AAP - Media Professionals' Award".aap.org.au.Retrieved18 October2021.
  15. ^Catherine Arnold (12 October 2015)."Light Pollution: How It Makes Animals Feel, What to Do".Nature World News.
  16. ^Sallie Robins (17 June 2014)."Winners Announced for 2014 Journalism Awards".Association of British Science Writers. Archived fromthe originalon 23 June 2014.
  17. ^"Top Science Longreads of 2013".Science.23 December 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 17 February 2021.Retrieved18 October2021.
  18. ^"Aeon | a world of ideas".Aeon.Retrieved13 July2018.
  19. ^"Aeon on Curio".curio.io.Retrieved18 October2021.
  20. ^"About".Aeon.Retrieved19 June2017.
  21. ^Elizabeth Currid-Halkettfrom Aeon (14 June 2017)."The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth".BBC.Retrieved19 June2017.
  22. ^Aeon, Joel Frohlich (12 January 2017)."What Happens If You Stick Your Head in a Particle Accelerator?".The Atlantic.Retrieved13 July2018.
  23. ^Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth."The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth".www.bbc.com.Retrieved18 October2021.

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