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Call for Papers Theme: Thinking at the border Subtitle: Post- and decolonial theory and epistemic injustice Type: Online Workshop Institution: Oxford Branch, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) Location: Online Date: 22.–23.9.2021 Deadline: 13.8.2021 __________________________________________________ In recent years, the topic of decolonisation of knowledge and the academy has garnered an increasing amount of interest and sparked lively debate both within and outside of academia. While these debates are not new, calls for epistemic decolonisation lie at the heart of an evergrowing body of research focused on the vast moral and epistemic consequences of colonialism. Similarly, the theorisation of epistemic injustice and epistemic oppression has generated significant discussion on the intersection of ethics and epistemology over the last decade. The ongoing debates, criticism and engagement with concepts such as epistemic injustice, epistemic oppression and white ignorance highlight the conceptual relevance of such terms. Concomitantly, within postcolonial and decolonial scholarship, questions pertaining to the relationship between power and knowledge have been continuously explored in relation to colonialism and modernity, wherein European powers produce knowledge about the colonies in order to control them, effacing and foreclosing the latter’s polyphonic ways of being and knowing. Leading decolonial scholars such as Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh (2018) argue that epistemic violence wrought by coloniality/modernity calls for epistemic reconstitution. However, despite the significant interest in decolonisation, and in theories of epistemic injustice and epistemic oppression there is, with a few notable exceptions, surprisingly little scholarship that bring post- and decolonial theory together with theories of epistemic injustice and oppression. Therefore, we invite abstracts at the intersection of post- or decolonial theory and theories of epistemic injustice and epistemic oppression. We are looking for submissions that fall within the domain of education, broadly conceived (pedagogy, academia, research, practice). Our aim is to create new and extend existing dialogues between post- and decolonial scholarship and scholarship on epistemic injustice and oppression. We particularly encourage submissions from graduate students, early career researchers, and researchers from groups who are underrepresented in philosophy of education. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, prepared for blind review and submitted by the 13th of August. Please also include a cover letter (as a separate file) stating your name, affiliation, email address. Proposed papers should be suitable for 20-minute presentations, which will be followed by a 20-minute Q&A. We also welcome creative, non-conventional submissions that extend and reimagine the academic genre (e.g. use of poetry, audio/visual elements). Participants will be notified of acceptance by the 27st of August. The event is planned to take place online over zoom. Submissions and any enquiries should be sent to: epistemicinjust...@tuta.io Keynote speakers: Gurminder K Bhambra (University of Sussex) Veli Mitova (University of Johannesburg) Organisers: Olga Mun, Doctoral student Department of Education, University of Oxford Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar, Doctoral student Department of Education, University of Oxford Karl Landström, Doctoral student Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University Email: epistemicinjust...@tuta.io __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
