SE01 E04: Tracking Epistemic Violence
This episode discusses the work of Kristie Dotson, specifically “Tracking Epistemic Violence, Tracking Practices of Silencing,” Hypatia vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 236-257, https://www.jstor.org/stable/23016544
Show Notes: Episode on Kristie Dotson and Epistemic Violence
Main Focus
This episode explores the work of Kristie Dotson, particularly her influential paper, “Tracking Epistemic Violence, Tracking Practices of Silencing” (Hypatia, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 236–257).
Profile on Kristie Dotson
Other Works by Kristie Dotson
Dotson, Kristie. "How is this paper philosophy?" Comparative Philosophy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 3–29, 2012.
Dotson, Kristie. “Concrete Flowers: Contemplating the Profession of Philosophy” Hypatia, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 403–409, 2014.
Dotson, Kristie. Epistemic Violence. JSTOR link.
Special Thanks
Catherine Clune-Taylor, Jorge Sanchez Perez, Ami Harbin, Nathalie Dusek, and Jacob Bamhour.
Contributors’ Work
Catherine Clune-Taylor
Arguments for a Ban on Pediatric Intersex Surgery: A Dis/analogy with Jehovah Witness Blood Transfusion. Bioethics 38(5), pp. 460–468.
Featured on the Academic Aunties Podcast.
Jorge Sanchez Perez
Beyond Gatekeeping: Philosophical Sources, Indigenous Philosophy, and the Huarochirí Manuscript. Metaphilosophy, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 365–380.
Featured on CBC Radio's Ideas: Andean Philosophy: The Huarochirí Manuscript. Listen here (Feb 6, 2023).
Additional References
Epistemic Violence and Feminist Thought
Ahmed, Sara. The Promise of Happiness. Duke University Press. Link
Collins, Patricia Hill. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, 2nd ed., Routledge, 2000.
Fricker, Miranda. Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Historical and Philosophical Context
Spivak, Gayatri. Can the Subaltern Speak? In Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, ed. Cary Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg, University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Code, Lorraine. What Can She Know?
Campbell, Sue. “Being Dismissed: The Politics of Emotional Expression.” Hypatia, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 46–65, 1994.
On Microaggressions and Silencing
Sue, Derald Wing, et al. Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice. American Psychologist, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 271–286, 2007.
Other Notable Works
Harvin, Cassandra Byers. “Conversations I Can’t Have.” On the Issues: The Progressive Woman's Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 15, 1996.
Ignaz Semmelweis example: Britannica entry.
Norlock, Kathryn. Justice in Philosophy and Public Life. Link.
Pres, Josef. 2024. “Piano loops 128 effect octave long loop” Freesound, https://freesound.org/people/josefpres/sounds/723002/
Seth_Makes_Sounds. 2024. “Brainstatic v1”, Freesound, https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/730699/