37: Pushing Back on Epistemic Pushback with Alison Bailey
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Publication Date
2-27-2019
Abstract
If a professor told you about pushback from their students, you might assume that their students are complaining about having too much homework, or that the assigned reading is boring. The philosopher Alison Bailey says that she often encounters a different, and much more problematic, form of resistance in her classroom. She calls it “epistemic pushback” and explains that students often do it without even noticing. On today's episode, we discuss the phenomenon of "privilege protective epistemic pushback." It's a form of resistance in which students who are members of dominant groups derail classroom conversations that make them uncomfortable into an "epistemic home turf" where they feel more comfortable. Alison Bailey explains exactly what epistemic pushback is, and discusses the ways it slows down classroom conversations.
Recommended Citation
Price, Eleanor and Wisehart, Christiane, "37: Pushing Back on Epistemic Pushback with Alison Bailey" (2019). Examining Ethics Podcast. 45, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/examining-ethics/45
