A philosophical approach treating harm resolution as requiring iterative, mutual interpretation between harmed and harmer, deepening understanding through dialogue rather than imposed judgment.
Sor Juana's intellectual method—questioning authority, reinterpreting texts, demanding dialogue—suggests that understanding harm requires hermeneutic engagement: repeated cycles of interpretation, questioning, and reframing. Punitive justice imposes answers from above; restorative approaches grounded in Sor Juana's epistemology embrace dialogue as transformative. When harmed and harmer engage in genuine conversation, each must interpret the other's humanity, pain, and perspective. This is not neutral; it privileges the harmed person's interpretation of their suffering while creating conditions for the harmer to genuinely comprehend impact. Like Sor Juana challenging Church authorities through written argument and reason, restorative processes invite all parties to think together, revise understanding, and discover new meaning in harm and healing. This hermeneutic circle transforms both parties by deepening consciousness and shattering defensive narratives.
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