Postdigital epistemic violence

Alison MacKenzie

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35469-4_7-1

Postdigital epistemic violence

Alison MacKenzie^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Postdigital epistemic violence encompasses a large variety of harms that occur through speech acts about the lived experiences of knowers from marginalised or minoritised groups in online environments using digital and smart technology. Knowers may be silenced, gaslit, trolled or doxed because of structural prejudicial stereotypes about their sex, gender, ethnicity, and so on. These epistemic practices result in the deflation of their testimony, and the inflation of the credibility of other speakers to produce dysfunctions in the knowledge economy. The knowledge of the powerful and advantaged prevail over other kinds of knowing, resulting in epistemic violence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Postdigital Science and Education
Editors	Petar Jandrić
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031354694
ISBN (Print)	9783031354694
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35469-4_7-1
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2023

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Name	Postidigital Science and Education series
Publisher	Springer, Cham

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

epistemic violence
epistemic oppression
epistemic silencing
digital technologies
ICT

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Postdigital epistemic violence

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