Open AccessKnowledge Democracy and Epistemic In/Justice: Reflections on a Conversation
Author(s) -
Budd L. Hall,
Baptiste Godrie,
Isabel Heck
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the canadian journal of action research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1925-7147
DOI - 10.33524/cjar.v21i1.516
Subject(s) - conversation , sociology , social justice , meaning (existential) , democracy , media studies , economic justice , pedagogy , public relations , social science , political science , epistemology , law , communication , politics , philosophy
The focus of the article is on how knowledge is created, who creates knowledge, how knowledge is co-constructed, whose knowledge is excluded and how knowledge is being used to challenge inequalities and strengthen social movement capacity. This article grew from a fascinating conversation that the three of us had in Montreal in September of 2019. We decided to share our stories about knowledge and justice with a wider audience in part as a way for us to reflect further on the meaning of our initial conversation, but also to invite others into the discussion. Baptiste Godrie works in a research centre (CREMIS) affiliated with Quebec’s health care and social services system, Isabel Heck works with the anti-poverty organization Parole d’excluEs, both affiliated to universities, and Budd Hall works at the University of Victoria and is the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based research and social responsibility in higher education.