Feminist epistemology and situated knowledge

 

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著者: Castañeda-Fajardo, Ana María
フォーマット: artículo original
状態:Versión publicada
出版日付:2025
その他の書誌記述:This article examines the feminist critique of epistemic neutrality and its alternative proposal of situated knowledge, socially and historically anchored in the concrete position of the knower. It is argued that Donna Haraway's critique of the ideal of an impartial, disembodied, and universal observer —what has come to be known as the "god trick"— does not lead to a relativism that abandons the possibility of distinguishing better from worse accounts of the world, but rather to the requirement that every knowledge claim declare the position from which it is formulated. On this basis, the standpoint theory developed by Sandra Harding, Nancy Hartsock, and Patricia Hill Collins is reconstructed, and the thesis is examined according to which social subordination, far from limiting the knowledge of those who bear it, can grant them a more complete understanding of social structure than that available to those who occupy a dominant position, provided that lived experience is transformed, through critical reflection and collective organization, into a properly epistemic standpoint. Also examined is the epistemic exploitation that results when this demand for understanding is improperly shifted onto oppressed groups themselves, who are compelled to educate privileged groups about their own oppression without reciprocity or adequate recognition. Finally, the methodological proposal of strong objectivity is developed, according to which systematically examining the researcher's position increases, rather than compromises, the rigor of scientific inquiry.
国:Portal de Revistas UNA
機関:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
言語:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/23008
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/praxis/article/view/23008
キーワード:feminist epistemology
situated knowledge
standpoint theory
epistemic exploitation
strong objectivity
epistemología feminista
conocimiento situado
teoría del punto de vista
explotación epistémica
objetividad fuerte