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S02 E05 The violence of Epistemicide
Coloured Souls
Coloured Souls
S02 E05 The violence of Epistemicide
Feb 20, 2023
Season 2
Episode 5
Jamie Gladstone
The ways in which a particular culture formulates its knowledge is intricately bound up with the very identity of its people, their way of making sense of the world and the value system that holds that world view in place. Epistemicide, as the systematic destruction of rival forms of knowledge, is at its worst nothing less than symbolic genocide. In this episode, we will discuss the detrimental effects and impact of epistemicide on communities of the global south.