COMM 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Standpoint Theory, Feminist Epistemology, Sensemaking
20 Jan 2017
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Standpoint theory: an achieved position based on social location that ends an interpretive aspect to a person"s life, provides framework for understanding, everyday people are the focus. Nancy harstock: 1943 - 2015, feminist philosopher, feminist epistemology, standpoint theory, feminist standpoint theory. Historical foundations: 1807 georg wilhelm friedrich hegel - masterslave relationship - different standpoints, karl marx - workers" standpoint, harstock draws from both historical imaginations of standpoint. Standpoint theory inspired by marxism: all knowledge = product of social activity ( objective , cultural conditions produce different experiences and understandings for men and women, benefits to understanding women"s experiences, study women"s interpretations and experiences. Resisting the status quo: understanding relationship between dominant and marginalized groups is key, makes the domination clear, clarifies how subordination is reinforced and perpetuated, understanding allows resistance. Genderlect theory: women and men speak differently, two different dialects, debora tannen - that"s not what i mean".
