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Guest Editorial: Conceptualizing Justice and Counter-Expertise.

Authors :
Williams, Logan D. A.
Moore, Sharlissa
Source :
Science as Culture; Sep2019, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p251-276, 26p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Systemic injustices exclude counter-experts from telling their stories and influencing the collective imagination. Four papers and some discussant essays illustrate the ways in which counter-experts cross boundaries to contest knowledge claims, legal institutions, and forms of data in order to resist various forms of injustice. Literature on counter-expertise, socio-technical imaginaries, and epistemic injustice highlights how marginalized groups are prevented from participating in the process of collective imagining. A definition of counter-expertise and a new typology of counter-expertise demonstrate how marginalized groups navigate boundaries to pursue epistemic justice. The four papers in the special issue exemplify the ways in which counter-experts navigate identity politics. To combat epistemic injustice within our field, STS scholars can be more inclusive with teaching, mentoring, reviewing and other forms of scholarly gatekeeping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09505431
Volume :
28
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Science as Culture
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
138320601
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2019.1632820