Week 10: Ignorance

Question 1

Reminder: What is hermeneutical injustice?

Answer 1

Hermeneutical injustice is a type of injustice or harm that people suffer as knowers and transmitters of knowledge. People suffer hermeneutical injustice when they lack the concepts to adequately communicate or understand their experiences.

Question 2

Reminder: What is testimonial injustice?

Answer 2

A person suffers testimonial injustice when their testimony is judged as less credible (or not credible at all).

Question 3

What are the three sides - dimensions - of hermeneutical injustice?

Answer 3

1. An experience of individuals in non-dominant groups.
2. The role of individuals from dominant groups - ignorance and (il)literacy.
3. The wider dimension of the phenomenon as a feature of society - collective hermeneutical resources.