
13/01/2024
Delve into Dinesh Wadiwel's paper, "Challenging Epistemic Violence." Pro-animal advocacy often relies on revealing the truth of human violence against animals through imagery or information. Yet, "epistemic violence" can obstruct change by normalizing animal cruelty. This paper explores how to confront epistemic violence as part of the politics of institutional transformation. Drawing from Michel Foucault and Antonio Gramsci, it navigates the dynamics of truth-telling and audience engagement in counter-hegemonic movements. Read the full paper here: https://journals.lub.lu.se/pa/article/view/24915