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Why non-Western knowledge gets dismissed as unscientific

My research on Indigenous knowledge systems keeps getting rejected by journals who say it's not 'objective' enough despite rigorous methodology.

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What we've seen

Academic gatekeeping perpetuates colonial epistemologies that delegitimize ways of knowing that challenge Western supremacy.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined colonial subject?”

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