Feminist Research as a Response to Political and Epistemic Violences
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Vasiliki Polykarpou
Abstract
Historically, feminist research has emerged as a theoretico-political tradition that challenges notions such as objectivity and truth, articulates critiques around hegemonic sciences and philosophy and suggests emancipatory and radical forms of knowledge production. This chapter observes the critical engagement of intersectional feminism in dialog with queer, trans, crip and decolonial epistemologies through its application in ethnographic research. Drawn on my fieldwork in the city of Athens, this work in progress consists of a reflection on the limitations of knowledge and research production in academic institutions today. Concepts that originate from intersectional feminisms such as positionality, situatedness and embodiment will support the idea of addressing ontological homelessness and unintelligibility which refers to uncategorizable experiences in interdisciplinary research today and suggest other ways to approach unmapped forms of knowledge.
Abstract
Historically, feminist research has emerged as a theoretico-political tradition that challenges notions such as objectivity and truth, articulates critiques around hegemonic sciences and philosophy and suggests emancipatory and radical forms of knowledge production. This chapter observes the critical engagement of intersectional feminism in dialog with queer, trans, crip and decolonial epistemologies through its application in ethnographic research. Drawn on my fieldwork in the city of Athens, this work in progress consists of a reflection on the limitations of knowledge and research production in academic institutions today. Concepts that originate from intersectional feminisms such as positionality, situatedness and embodiment will support the idea of addressing ontological homelessness and unintelligibility which refers to uncategorizable experiences in interdisciplinary research today and suggest other ways to approach unmapped forms of knowledge.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: From Social Movements to Philosophy (and Back Again) 1
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Section 1: At the Intersection Between Academia and Social Movements
- Critical Social Ontology and Social Movements 13
- Social Movements and Epistemic Injustice 35
- Feminist Research as a Response to Political and Epistemic Violences 45
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Section 2: Contemporary Approaches to the Philosophy of Social Movements
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Social Ontology and Social Movements
- Toward a Liberatory Metaphysics of Sexuality 59
- The Political Ontology of Rawls’ Model of Disobedience: Depoliticization Through Moralization 77
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Social Movements and Epistemology
- How Social Movements Bear Collective Duties 103
- How Politics Shapes the Value of Perceptual Experience: From Epistemic to Prudential Value 121
- The Standpoint of the Oppressed Must Be Conquered by the Oppressed Class Itself: Standpoint Epistemology and Epistemic Autonomy 143
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Section 3: How Specific Social Movements Inform Philosophy
- Climate Social Movements and the Politics of Leadership 169
- Viral Social Movements, State(s) of Emergency, and the Insurgent Public Realm: A Philosophical Analysis of China’s 2020 – 2022 Social Movements 187
- Anchoring Disablement: Social Definitions and Social Ontology in Britain’s Disabled People’s Movement 207
- European Health Social Movements: An Introduction 229
- List of Contributors 251
- Index 253
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: From Social Movements to Philosophy (and Back Again) 1
-
Section 1: At the Intersection Between Academia and Social Movements
- Critical Social Ontology and Social Movements 13
- Social Movements and Epistemic Injustice 35
- Feminist Research as a Response to Political and Epistemic Violences 45
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Section 2: Contemporary Approaches to the Philosophy of Social Movements
-
Social Ontology and Social Movements
- Toward a Liberatory Metaphysics of Sexuality 59
- The Political Ontology of Rawls’ Model of Disobedience: Depoliticization Through Moralization 77
-
Social Movements and Epistemology
- How Social Movements Bear Collective Duties 103
- How Politics Shapes the Value of Perceptual Experience: From Epistemic to Prudential Value 121
- The Standpoint of the Oppressed Must Be Conquered by the Oppressed Class Itself: Standpoint Epistemology and Epistemic Autonomy 143
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Section 3: How Specific Social Movements Inform Philosophy
- Climate Social Movements and the Politics of Leadership 169
- Viral Social Movements, State(s) of Emergency, and the Insurgent Public Realm: A Philosophical Analysis of China’s 2020 – 2022 Social Movements 187
- Anchoring Disablement: Social Definitions and Social Ontology in Britain’s Disabled People’s Movement 207
- European Health Social Movements: An Introduction 229
- List of Contributors 251
- Index 253
