THE SILENCE of the SOUTHERN SPHERES: EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE within the FRAMEWORK of SUBALTERN THEORY
Sr No:
Page No:
15-18
Language:
English
Authors:
Dr. Ozge Tenlik*
Received:
2025-07-25
Accepted:
2025-08-11
Published Date:
2025-08-15
Abstract:
This study examines the marginalization of the Southern Globe in the historical, cultural and epistemological context
within the framework of the concept of subaltern theory and epistemic injustice. In the study, first of all, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
said, "Can Subaltern speaks?" Based on the question, silence and invisibility attributed to the Southern Globe in global information
production were analyzed. The concept of epistemic injustice, the structural foundations of the knowledge between the South-North
has been put forward by discussing the witness injustice defined by Miranda Fricker and the forms of Hermeneutic injustice. The
permanent effects of colonial heritage on information policies; It is supported by cases how local information systems, cultural
narratives and social experiences are systematically excluded in the fields of international academy and policy. The study was
embodied through the epistemological marginalization of Latin American indigenous peoples, the postcolonial information
construction processes in Africa, and the invisibility problems experienced by the Pacific Islands in environmental information
production. The findings show that the Southern Globe is not only economic or political, but also in an epistemological inequality
network. As a result, it is emphasized that southern epistemology should be made more visible and effective in the circulation of
institutional academy and global knowledge in order to achieve epistemic justice. In this context, it is recommended to establish
solidarity -based information networks, to protect local information systems and to encourage multilingual, multicultural academic
production models
Keywords:
Southern Sphere, Subaltern theory, epistemic injustice, postcolonialism, inequality of knowledge.