In Defense of a Peripheral Epistemology: Exploring “Decolonial Cognitive Triggers” for Epistemic Disobedience in Urban Peripheries

Fernando Lannes Fernandes (), Heloisa Melino () and Jailson De Souza e Silva
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Fernando Lannes Fernandes: School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Heloisa Melino: Independent Consultant in Human Rights Law, Gender, Race and Decolonial Studies, Rio de Janeiro 22040-002, Brazil
Jailson De Souza e Silva: UNIPeriferias, Rio de Janeiro 21044-262, Brazil

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: This paper presents an approach to decolonial thinking and epistemological disobedience through what we call “decolonial cognitive triggers”. It is based on the struggles of urban peripheral communities in Brazil and explores eight triggers in the making of a Peripheral Epistemology. The unique points of our reflection are the sociocultural practices emerging from urban peripheral communities in Brazil and their responses to structural racism. As a part of this, we will explore the concepts of potência and convivência as core components of the decolonial debate, as well as their role in enabling epistemic disobedience in urban peripheries. We conclude by suggesting shifts in policy-making directed towards urban peripheries through the recognition and incorporation of such concepts and triggers.

Keywords: Peripheral Epistemology; urban peripheries; Global South; epistemic disobedience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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