Speaker
Description
In this workshop, we will work towards cultivating an awareness of manifestations of epistemic injustice within physics. Epistemic injustice involves the discrimination of a group of knowers in their capacity as knowers. Such discrimination may happen on the basis of somebody’s classification as a ‘sub-knower’ within an imbalanced power structure. We will draw on participants’ experience within the field of physics in order to map out the epistemic landscape of the various sub-fields of physics and the kinds of knowers that are recognized within these. Some of the topics we will explore are:
- All physicists are equal, but some are more equal than others.
- What features endow one with epistemic authority? Which of these are just?
- What could it mean to practice epistemic justice?
