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Epistemology Seminar. Emilia Wilson: “The Dual Erasure of Epistemic Labour”

10th December 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss epistemic labour, which I characterise as labour one performs in their capacity as an epistemic agent. There is growing interest in a category of domestic labour frequently termed ‘emotional labour’. I show that this labour is, in fact, a primarily form of epistemic labour. I argue that domestic epistemic labour is the target of dual erasure. Firstly, as invisible domestic labour, it is underrecognized and undervalued. Secondly, even when domestic epistemic labour is recognised as labour, it is typically not recognised as epistemic due to women’s epistemic marginalisation. The use of ‘emotional labour’ to describe domestic epistemic labour, though it attempts to address the first layer of erasure, perpetuates the sexist stereotypes which underpin women’s epistemic labour – thus entrenching the second layer of erasure. I end by offering some speculative remarks about other instances of feminised epistemic labour.

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Date:
10th December 2020
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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A virtual seminar by Zoom
The University
St Andrews, KY16 9L United Kingdom
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