Listening and Epistemic Injustice
Maha Bali,
Reflecting Allowed,
Jan 03, 2019
Maha Bali discusses the related concepts of Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) and epistemic injustice. The former is created and promoted by sociology professor Karl Maton and is the idea of " exploring practices in terms of their organizing principles or 'legitimation codes'." The latter originates in a book by philosophy professor Miranda Fricker. Both are rooted in the idea that some voices may fail to be heard because of systemic flaws in the social and epistemic environment surrounding their assertions. Both need quite a bit of epistemic overhead to get off the ground - the idea that some voices can be legitimized, a shared conception of justice, and a theory of social classes and structures.
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