Intersectional Knowledge Systems

Sor Juana bridged multiple knowledge domains—theology, science, poetry, philosophy—refusing to treat them as separate. She understood that truth emerges from synthesis. Climate justice similarly demands we stop privileging Western scientific knowledge over Indigenous ecological wisdom accumulated across millennia. Women's knowledge about resource management, soil health, and adaptation strategies remains systematically devalued. Sor Juana's intellectual legacy teaches us that marginalized voices—those of women scientists, Indigenous land-keepers, and Global South thinkers—hold essential climate truths. An intersectional approach recognizes that climate solutions emerge from integrating diverse epistemologies. This means centering voices historically excluded from knowledge-production while dismantling hierarchies that treat some ways of knowing as more legitimate, enabling more resilient, culturally-grounded climate responses.