ABSTRACT This paper uses the concept of epistemic injustice to shed light on the discriminatory treatment of experts in and by development aid. While the literature on epistemic justice is largely based on philosophical reasoning, I provide an empirical case study which substantiates theoretical claims with findings from social science research. Drawing on expert interviews conducted in South Africa and Tanzania, I reveal how epistemic injustice is experienced, practiced and institutionalised in a field which claims to work towards global justice. Focusing on aid-related advisory processes, the paper highlights how epistemic authority therein is tied to identity-based prejudice. The systematic credibility deficit policy experts from aid-receiving countries suffer is closely interrelated with the credibility excess so-called ‘international’ experts profit from. Their privilege is backed by an imaginary that maintains the idea of Northern epistemic superiority and sustained by prevailing employment and procurement practices of donor organisations. The paper suggests that the concurrence of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice prevents experts from the Global South from taking the lead in interpreting their own societies’ realities. This, I argue, is not only detrimental to the countries whose knowers are marginalised but also a root cause of persisting global inequality.

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“当地顾问不可信”：如何在发展援助中经历和实践认知不公正

摘要 本文使用认知不公正的概念来阐明发展援助中专家受到的歧视性待遇。虽然关于认知正义的文献主要基于哲学推理，但我提供了一个实证案例研究，该研究用社会科学研究的发现证实了理论主张。利用在南非和坦桑尼亚进行的专家访谈，我揭示了在一个声称致力于全球正义的领域中，认知不公正是如何被体验、实践和制度化的。该论文侧重于与援助相关的咨询过程，强调其中的认知权威如何与基于身份的偏见联系在一起。受援国的系统性信用赤字政策专家遭受的损失与所谓“国际”专家从中获利的信用过剩密切相关。他们的特权得到了一种想象的支持，这种想象保持了北方认知优势的思想，并由捐助组织的普遍就业和采购实践维持。这篇论文表明，证词和解释学上的不公正同时存在，阻碍了全球南方的专家带头解释他们自己社会的现实。我认为，这不仅对那些知识分子被边缘化的国家有害，而且也是全球不平等持续存在的根本原因。他们的特权得到了一种想象的支持，这种想象保持了北方认知优势的思想，并由捐助组织的普遍就业和采购实践维持。这篇论文表明，证词和解释学上的不公正同时存在，阻碍了全球南方的专家带头解释他们自己社会的现实。我认为，这不仅对那些知识分子被边缘化的国家有害，而且也是全球不平等持续存在的根本原因。他们的特权得到了一种想象的支持，这种想象保持了北方认知优势的思想，并由捐助组织的普遍就业和采购实践维持。这篇论文表明，证词和解释学上的不公正同时存在，阻碍了全球南方的专家带头解释他们自己社会的现实。我认为，这不仅对那些知识分子被边缘化的国家有害，而且也是全球不平等持续存在的根本原因。