Scientific / colonial knowledge logics: a critique of the modest testimony from border territories
Abstract
According to some definitions, the introduction of a paper, apart from exposing its objectives, should be the stimulant that generates interest in a deeper reading and a wider appraisal. With this definition in mind, I submit for this issue of Athena the text that introduces my discussion on the Scientific/Colonial Logics of Knowledge: Writing, images and borderline issues. The keys and the roadmap which represent the basis of this paper are contained within, as also a simple overview of some of its strongest theses. Hopefully, this introduction will worthily fulfill its task.Keywords
Science/Coloniality, Feminist Studies of Science, Modernity/Coloniality Program, Modest Witness, Hubris of the zero pointReferences
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