Identifying the deliberate concealment and monopolization of information as a core corruption mechanism that excludes people from justice and self-determination.
Sor Juana fought against knowledge hoarding in her time: the restriction of education to elites, the suppression of women's intellectual participation, the gatekeeping of literacy and reasoning as instruments of control. She recognized that corruption is not only about money or direct abuse—it includes the corruption of institutions that should distribute knowledge freely and fairly. In modern contexts, knowledge hoarding is a primary corruption mechanism: governments withhold budget data, corporations hide environmental impact studies, institutions obscure decision-making processes. Citizens cannot fight corruption they cannot see or understand. Anti-corruption frameworks must address information asymmetry as a structural form of corruption. Sor Juana's advocacy for universal access to education and intellectual life remains urgent: transparency laws, freedom of information, open data, and civic education are not peripheral to anti-corruption work—they are central. Knowledge justice and anti-corruption are inseparable.
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