Epistemic Injustice by XOXO

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-27 13:05:56 UTC

" Epistemic Injustice: The Word of Others Broadly speaking, prejudicial dysfunction in testimonial practice can be of two kinds. Either the prejudice results in the speaker’s receiving more credibility than she rationally deserves – credibility excess – or it results in her receiving less credibility than she rationally deserves – credibility deficit. 6 Consider the immediate discursive impact of accent, for instance. Not only does a speaker’s accent carry a great deal of baggage in terms of how a hearer perceives the speaker socially; I would suggest that part and parcel of this social perception are implications for how the hearer perceives the speaker epistemically. Accent can have a significant impact on how much credibility the hearer affords the speaker, especially in a one-off exchange. I do not mean that someone’s accent is especially likely to lead a hearer, even an intensely prejudiced one, simply to disbelieve some perfectly believable assertion, or simply to believe some otherwise incredible assertion"

What are the main takeaway points from this week's readings?

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-27 13:16:07 UTC

ENCODING

We get information into our brains through encoding, which is the input of information into the memory system. Once we receive sensory information from the environment, our brains label or code it. We organize the information with similar information and connect new concepts to existing concepts. Encoding information occurs through both automatic processing and effortful processing.

What are the most effective ways to encode important memories well? Semantic, visually, acoustically

What are the best ways to store and retrieve it?

For more information, see this chapter on memory and information processing.

Add graphics, videos, sounds, or related concepts to your notes. This process may enhance your ability to encode, process, and retrieve information.

BASIC CONCEPTS NEEDED TO ENHANCE THIS READING

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-27 13:19:16 UTC

HERMENEUTIC TOOLS

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-27 13:26:49 UTC

Epistemic exploitation

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-28 00:30:26 UTC

Epistemic exploitation occurs when privileged persons compel marginalized persons to educate them about the nature of their oppression.

Epistemic exploitation is marked by unrecognized, uncompensated, emotionally taxing, coerced epistemic labor.

The coercive and exploitative aspects of the phenomenon are exemplified by the unpaid nature of the educational labor and its associated opportunity costs, the double bind that marginalized persons must navigate when faced with the demand to educate, and the need for additional labor created by the default skepticism of the privileged (Berenstain, 2016)

Epistemic Injustice in Higher Education

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-28 00:54:04 UTC

Institutions of higher education often demand that faculty of color provide knowledge or education for diversity training and other programs that specifically depend on marginalized people sharing information about their experiences, perspectives, and marginalization within the academy. When this labor goes uncompensated and unrecognized, as it so often does, these institutional demands on faculty of color result in epistemic exploitation

The Double Bind

axolotl_XOXO — 2022-04-28 01:05:06 UTC

Let me tell you what it feels like to stand in front of a white man and explain privilege to him.

It hurts.

It makes you tired.

Sometimes, it makes you want to cry.

Sometimes it is exhilarating.

Every single time, it is hard.

Every single time i get angry that i have to do this, that this is my job, that this shouldn’t be my job.

Every single time, I am proud of myself that I’ve been able to say these things because I used to not be able to and because some days, I just don’t want to.

Manissa McCleave Maharawal, 2011

How to facilitate epistemic justice

axolotl_XOXO — 2024-06-03 11:57:51 UTC

From a faith perspective