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What is Epistemic Decolonization? - Online Seminar Series Jan-March 2021
We are pleased to share details of a forthcoming online seminar series, to take place between January and March 2021. What is Epistemic Decolonization? has a number of motivations. The most important is to stimulate direct discussion and reflection amongst philosophers of science concerning the whiteness of their field, the legacies and influences of colonial and postcolonial power on their understanding of what knowledge production entails (what science is, and how it works), and ways in which ongoing research can be redirected so as to bring non-western and indigenous philosophy more closely to its centre. The series is intended to offer a range of points of departure for subsequent material change at both the level of individual philosophers of science and also their professional organisations. Possible changes include, but are not limited to, citational practices, collaborative practices, teaching practices and materials, geographies of disciplinary power, hiring practices, and the evaluation of scholarly work. We think the time is particularly ripe not only as a response to various global political climates, but also some important recent scholarship. Regarding the former, the most notable include the momentum generated by the Black Lives Matter movement, and also the strengthening of far right and white supremacist politics (which regularly claims western philosophy for its own). With regard to recent scholarship, our more specific motivations include a 2020 special issue of Philosophical Papers on Epistemic Decolonization edited by Veli Mitova, and a forthcoming edited collection, Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science, edited by David Ludwig, Inkeri Koskinen, Zinhle Mncube, Luana Poliseli, and Luis Reyes-Galindo. Details of speakers, their titles, dates, times, and how to register, can all be found below. Last, we appreciate that placing the series under the umbrella of decolonization is not straightforward. Whether decolonization is the right term to describe the wide variety of activities, actions, and changes underway on campuses around the world is not something we take for granted. Nevertheless, as a way of coordinating amongst disparate and diverse actors, and as a way of signalling intent, the term has been and remains very useful. We pose the title of the seminar series as a question, precisely so that participants (speakers and audience alike) will know that they are encouraged to challenge any assumptions or generalisations that our framing might entail. To register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/127446105733/ Jan 15th 16:00 SAST (14:00 GMT) Epistemic Decolonisation: what, why, how? Veli Mitova Jan 28th 16:00 CET (15:00 GMT) How to Decolonize your Research Methods? Philosophy of/as Action Research David Ludwig Feb 10th 17:00 IST (11:30 GMT) Proof in Indian Logic and Mathematics: Analysing Epistemological Presuppositions Smita Sirker Feb 16th 9:00 PST (17:00 GMT) Bearing Witness Alison Wylie March 11th 16:00 SAST (14:00 GMT) The epistemic decolonisation path latent in Helen Verrans Science and an African Logic Chad Harris Mar 22nd 15:00 SAST (13:00 GMT) The Logic of Decoloniality Jonathan Chimakonam Series organisers: Zinhle Mncube (University of Johannesburg/University of Cambridge) Azita Chellappoo (Ruhr-University Bochum) Katherine Furman (University of Liverpool) Dominic Berry (London School of Economics/University of Birmingham) In partnership with: University of Birmingham, Department of Philosophy University of Johannesburg, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science University of Liverpool, Department of Philosophy _______________________________________________ EASST's Eurograd mailing list Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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