Feminist Epistemology Workshop

Are you interested in learning more about the field of feminist epistemology?  Then join us in Bern on May 13th, 2022! This is a hybrid event and can be joined online or in person. You can join the workshop by clicking on this link: 

https://unilu.zoom.us/j/65585114549?pwd=MmRaYVBqL3hDUU5GTGpkM1lxOFRvUT09

Meeting ID: 655 8511 4549

Passcode: SWIPCH

From 14:00 - 15:00, we will hold an introductory seminar introducing topics in feminist epistemology. 

From 15:00 to 18:00, students and academics working on these topics will have the opportunity to present their work (a 15 minute presentation) with time for feedback or a comment.  Join us afterward for an apéro as well! 

Presentation schedule: 

15:00 – 15:30

Flora Löffelmann, PhD Candidate University of Vienna

«Rhetoric-Epistemic Oppression» (EN)

15:30 – 16:00

Jonas Wittwer, PhD Candidate University of Bern

« The Vulnerability of Experts - Could highly educated people be epistemically abused?» (DE)

16:00 – 16:30

Thulú Barbarán, MA Candidate University of Geneva

«Feminist reflexivity and the construction of transnational identities in the arts» (EN)

16:30 – 17:00

Solmu Anttila, PhD Candidate Free University of Amsterdam

«What are epistemic resources?» (EN)

17:00 – 17:30

Sonja Riegler, PhD Candidate University of Vienna

«A functionalist approach to ignorance» (EN)

17:30 – 18:00

Manu Sharma, PhD Candidate University of Vienna

«Troubling landscapes: The hermeneutics of suffering in colonial modernities» (EN)

Please register via the Google form by the 9th of May 2022 if you want to enroll in the workshop as a participant. This workshop is open to persons of all genders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@swipswitzerland.org.

For a quick introduction to topics in feminist epistemology see here:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-social-epistemology/

and here:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-epistemology/