Starting research from marginalized lives increases objectivity rather than harming it

Evidence

Finally, a theory of knowledge that directs researchers to start off their thought from the lives of those marginalized or exploited by the dominant conceptual frameworks can more effectively maximize the objectivity of research claims than research processes that restrict their issues to those legitimated within the dominant forms of thought. These standpoint epistemologies have in effect guided the production of the antiracist and anti- Eurocentric analyses of scientific and technological traditions around the world (Harding, 1998). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1600

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the definition of standpoint epistemology as a research-directing theory of knowledge, contrasting it with dominant-framework-restricted research.
• XREF: Connects to vault content on feminist standpoint theory and objectivity debates in Harding’s work. — connects to: Standpoint epistemology increases objectivity better than dominant-framework research does — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1600

Broader Connections

• Standpoint epistemology increases objectivity better than dominant-framework research does #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1600