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Conference Announcement Theme: Epistemic Injustice and Recognition Theory Type: International Conference Institution: Humboldt University Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 1.–2.9.2022 __________________________________________________ Recently, there has been increasing interest in the relation between epistemic injustice and the concept of recognition. The main idea is that practices of silencing and epistemic exclusion have consequences that go well beyond the epistemic dimension and that influence our social practices of giving respect, esteem, and love. The conference is part of the DFG-funded research network on the relation between recognition theory and theories of epistemic injustice, which aims to shed light on the relation of theories of epistemic injustice, oppression, and violence and recognition theory, and to bring together questions of the normative status of knowers with research on standpoints, ideology, and social movements. The conference will take place on two consecutive days, consisting of the following four panels: - The relation between theories of epistemic injustice and recognition failure from a socio-epistemic perspective. This panel examines, among others, whether epistemic injustices are the result of a prior history of disrespect and whether they render individuals vulnerable to future acts of disrespect. It also seeks to address the questions whether epistemic injustices are instances of failures of recognition and whether recognition theory is helpful to deepen the normative conclusions of theories of epistemic injustice. - The relation between recognition theory and theories of epistemic injustice from a recognition-theoretical-perspective. This panel looks, among others, at how different forms of recognition (i.e., respect, esteem, love) are related to different epistemic capacities and whether the idea of a struggle for recognition can be fruitfully enriched with the help of theories of epistemic injustice. - Epistemic standpoints and ideology critique. This panel examines how the discussion of theories of epistemic injustice and recognition theory can be enriched by drawing on the literature on standpoint epistemology and ideology critique. Central questions that this panel addresses are how theories of epistemic injustice develop a number of themes from standpoint epistemology, including the materialist basis of social position and knowledge, as well as whether recognition theories are sufficiently attentive to the issue of ideology. - Social movements. This panel looks at the way in which both epistemic injustice and recognition theory can make intelligible social movements and their respective goals. Furthermore, the panel addresses the ways in which our theoretical endeavors can be enriched by a thorough understanding of social movements. There will be keynote lectures by Nadja El-Kassar, Paul Giladi, Thomas Khurana and Eraldo Souza dos Santos. You can find more information on the conference, the research network as well as its members here: https://epistemic-misrecognition.weebly.com You can also register for the conference via the website. Please note that places are limited. Contact: Prof. Dr. Kristina Lepold Institut für Philosophie Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6, Raum 3044 10099 Berlin Germany Tel: (030) 2093-2146 Email: [email protected] Web: https://epistemic-misrecognition.weebly.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
