Standpoint Theory

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Feminism

Idea here is an embrace of pluralism: Explicit acceptance that people's perspectives are shaped by their experiences, and that these perspectives shape their meaning-making processes

Put into practice through reflexivity

Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference - Olufemi O. Taiwo: "But it’s equally easy to see locally – in this room, in this academic literature or field, in this conversation – why this deference seems to make sense. It is often an improvement on the epistemic procedure that preceded it: the person deferred to may well be better epistemically positioned than the others in the room. It may well be the best we can do while holding fixed most of the facts about the rooms themselves: what power resides in them, who is admitted. But these are the last facts we should want to hold fixed."