Dear critters,
We have decided to extend the deadline for abstract submission for the special issue until October 1st. here is a summary of the call again, and the long version of the call is attached.
Call for Special Issue
Understanding Epistemic Erasures of Local & Indigenous Communities: Decolonising Research and Re-imagining Alternative Partnerships
Epistemic erasure functions by eliminating entire categories of hermeneutical resources from a space of communication, where they would otherwise grow, because the knower’s perceived social or racial identity is erroneously thought to render those subjects categorically inapplicable or illegitimate (Peña-Guzmán and Reynolds, 2019). Thus, entire communities are regarded as second-class knowers who are seen as unfit to contribute rationally to a knowledge consensus, policy, or decision-making and this deficit of credibility arises from gender and race-based prejudice. Epistemic erasures have been the basis for imposing Eurocentric models of living that are capitalist, colonial, racist, and patriarchal, and expressed through alleged “development” interventions. Instead, work in the margins, inspired by post-development visions, has unveiled a pluriverse of knowledges that have been oppressed, but still survive as alternative ways of living, feeling, being, and relating one another, showing that different societal models exist and cannot be reduced into the one the globalized/mainstream culture. This Special Issue aims to further explore the boundaries of the concept of epistemic erasures in a wide range of institutional designs at the local, national, regional, European and International levels and contribute to research on alternative partnerships between actors from academia, civil society, and politics in order to recognize, repair and re-imagine new decolonial futures (Stein et al. 2020). Shedding light on epistemic erasures, we aim to understand the everyday inequalities of marginalized communities both in Global North and South, and how they resist them through collective grassroots movements. By giving an account to stories from the sites of resistance, this Special Issue aims to engage with the local and/or indigenous knowledges, values, and practices of the communities living on the abyssal lines of society to forge epistemic spaces from colonial interventions, and create alternative intellectual spaces for critical thinking on development challenges.
Please send a 500-word abstract, 5-6 keywords, and a short author bio (100-150 words) by October 1st, 2022 to [log in to unmask]
best regards
yafa
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