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Beyond the 'Now:' Epistemic Oppression and the So-Called "Common Sense" of Incarceration

Tue, April 9, 2019
Dinner Program
Kristie Lynn Dotson

Kristie Dotson, professor of philosophy at both Carleton College and Michigan State University, will explore how in situations that call for accountability for serious wrongdoings, one can find oneself trapped in a “now” that follows from ineffective carceral imaginations, insufficient structural options for accountability, and inadequate lexicons of permissibility.

Kristie Dotson is currently the Cowling Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Carleton College and associate professor of philosophy at Michigan State University. She researches in epistemology, metaphilosophy, and feminist philosophy (particularly Black feminisms). Specifically, Dotson works on how knowledge-related concerns play a role in maintaining and obscuring oppression. She has published numerous journals articles and is working currently on a monograph tentatively entitled, Varieties of Epistemic Oppression, which is under contract with Oxford University Press.

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