ABSTRACT

Systemic injustices exclude counter-experts from telling their stories and influencing the collective imagination. Four papers and some discussant essays illustrate the ways in which counter-experts cross boundaries to contest knowledge claims, legal institutions, and forms of data in order to resist various forms of injustice. Literature on counter-expertise, socio-technical imaginaries, and epistemic injustice highlights how marginalized groups are prevented from participating in the process of collective imagining. A definition of counter-expertise and a new typology of counter-expertise demonstrate how marginalized groups navigate boundaries to pursue epistemic justice. The four papers in the special issue exemplify the ways in which counter-experts navigate identity politics. To combat epistemic injustice within our field, STS scholars can be more inclusive with teaching, mentoring, reviewing and other forms of scholarly gatekeeping.

摘要

系统性的不公正行为使反专家无法讲述自己的故事并影响集体的想象力。四篇论文和一些讨论文章阐述了反专家越过边界来挑战知识主张，法律制度和数据形式以抵制各种形式的不公正现象的方式。有关反专家，社会技术想象和认识论不公正的文献强调了如何防止边缘化群体参与集体想象的过程。反专家的定义和反专家的新类型说明了边缘化群体如何跨越边界追求认识正义。本期特刊中的四篇论文举例说明了反专家如何驾驭身份政治。为了对抗我们领域内的认识不公，