Anti-oppression as praxis in the research field: Implementing emancipatory approaches for researchers and community partners.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and anti-oppression (AO) policies are implemented in research to address intersecting systemic barriers for marginalized populations. Grant applications now include questions about EDI to ensure researchers have considered how research designs perpetuate discriminatory practices. However, complying with these measures may not mean that researchers have engaged with AO as praxis. Three central points emerged from our work as a women's research collective committed to embedding AO practices within the research methodology of our community-based study. First, research ideas must be connected to larger pursuits of AO in and across marginalized communities. Secondly, AO as praxis in the research design is an exercise in centering cultural knowledge and pragmatic research preparation and response that honours the collective. Lastly, AO approaches are not prescriptive. They must shift, adapt, and change based on the research project and team, creating space for transformative resistance and emancipation of racialized researchers and community workers.

Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD.

OBJECTIVE: Adherence to healthy lifestyle advice is effective in prevention of non-communicable diseases like coronary heart disease (CHD). Yet patient disengagement is the norm. We take a novel discursive approach to explore patients' negotiation of lifestyle advice and behaviour change. METHOD: A discourse analysis was performed on 35 longitudinal interviews with 22 heterosexual British people in a long-term relationship, where one had a diagnosis of CHD. The analysis examined the relationships between patients' constructions of expert knowledge and the implications of these accounts for patients' dis/engagement with lifestyle advice. RESULTS: Expert knowledge was constructed in four ways: (1) Expert advice was valued, but adherence created new risks that undermined it; (2) expert knowledge was problematised as multiple, contradictory, and contested and therefore difficult to follow; (3) expert advice was problematised as too generalised to meet patients' specific needs; and (4) expert advice was understood as limited and only one form of valued knowledge. CONCLUSION: Patients and partners simultaneously valued and problematised expert knowledge, drawing on elaborate lay epistemologies relating to their illness which produced complex patterns of (dis)engagement with expert lifestyle advice. Recognition of the multiple and fluid forms of knowledge mobilised by CHD patients could inform more effective interventions.

Structural Power and Epistemologies in the Scientific Field: Why a Rapid Reconciliation Between Functional and Evolutionary Biology is Unlikely.

The past decade has been marked by a series of global crises, presenting an opportunity to reevaluate the relationship between science and politics. The biological sciences are instrumental in understanding natural phenomena and informing policy decisions. However, scholars argue that current scientific expertise often fails to account for entire populations and long-term impacts, hindering efforts to address issues such as biodiversity loss, global warming, and pandemics. This article explores the structural challenges of integrating an evolutionary perspective, historically opposed to functional determinants of health and disease, into current biological science practices. Using data on Swiss biology professors from 1957, 1980, and 2000, we examine the structural power dynamics that have led to the division between these competing epistemologies, and how this division has influenced resource allocation and career trajectories. Our analysis suggests that this cleavage presents a significant obstacle to achieving fruitful reconciliations, and that increased academicization and internationalization may benefit functional biologists at the expense of evolutionary biologists. While evolutionary biologists have gained symbolic recognition in recent years, this has not translated into valuable expertise in the political domain.

Advancing equity in cross-cultural psychology: embracing diverse epistemologies and fostering collaborative practices.

Psychology, and cross-cultural psychology (CCP) in particular, plays a pivotal role in understanding the intricate relationship between culture and human behavior. This paper sheds light on the challenges of inequity and marginalization, especially concerning scholarship from the Global South, which have roots in historical colonial practices. It highlights how intellectual extractivism and the predominance of Western research methodologies often overlook the contributions of Global South scholars and indigenous ways of knowing. Such imbalances risk narrowing the scope of psychological inquiry, privileging American and European perspectives, and undermining the richness of global human experiences. This paper calls for a shift toward more equitable collaborations and the recognition of diverse epistemologies. By advocating for genuine representation in research and valuing local knowledge, it proposes pathways for a more inclusive and authentic exploration of human behavior across cultures.

Psicología Social Comunitaria Latinoamericana: tradiciones críticas y epistemes emergentes / Psicologia social comunitária latino-americana: tradições críticas e epistemes emergentes / Latin American Community Social Psychology: critical traditions and emerging epistemes / Psychologie sociale communautaire latino-américaine: traditions critiques et épistémès émergents

Resumen Este texto discute sobre la psicología social latinoamericana -originariamente conectada con tradiciones críticas de acción social (educación popular, ciencias sociales militantes, filosofía de la liberación)- y la recepción en dicho espacio de paradigmas emergentes vinculados al giro decolonial, las epistemologías del Sur y otras tendencias autonomistas y subalternistas para pensar los procesos de transformación social. Se revisa como dichos movimientos estarían desordenando y revitalizando una disciplina que, en su expresión hegemónica, se encontraba adormecida y cooptada por la institucionalización burocrática y la producción teórica neoliberal para leer e intervenir en el campo social. Para ello, se sitúa el desarrollo histórico de la disciplina en el clima teórico de tres momentos relevantes en la configuración del campo social. Se concluye con algunas observaciones sobre las posibilidades que asoman para pensar lo social-comunitario a la luz de estas epistemes emergentes, pero también algunos problemas/limitaciones a tener en consideración.

Resumo Discute-se a psicologia social comunitária latino-americana - originalmente ligada às tradições críticas da ação social no continente (educação popular, ciências sociais militantes, filosofia da libertação) - e sua recepção nesse espaço de paradigmas emergentes vinculados à virada decolonial, às epistemologias do Sul e suas tendências autonomistas e subalternistas para pensar os processos de transformação social. Revisa como esses movimentos estariam desordenando e revitalizando uma disciplina que, em sua expressão hegemônica, foi cooptada pela institucionalização burocrática e pela produção teórica neoliberal para ler e intervir no campo social. Pelo exposto, o desenvolvimento histórico da disciplina situa-se no clima teórico de três momentos relevantes na configuração do campo social. Conclui com algumas observações sobre as possibilidades que surgem para pensar o social-comunidade à luz dessas epistemes emergentes, mas também sobre problemas/limitações a serem considerados.

Abstract We discuss Latin American Community-Social Psychology - originally connected with critical traditions of social action (popular education, militant social sciences, philosophy of liberation) - and its reception of emerging paradigms linked to the decolonial turn, the epistemologies of the South, and its autonomist and subalternist tendencies to think about the processes of social transformation. We review how these movements would disorder and revitalize a discipline that, in its hegemonic expression, laid dormant and co-opted by bureaucratic institutionalization and neoliberal theoretical production to read and intervene in the social field. For this, we place the historical development of the discipline in the theoretical climate of three relevant moments in the configuration of the social field. We conclude with some observations on the possibilities that seem to think about the social-community in light of these emerging epistemes but also some problems/limitations worthy of consideration.

Resumé Nous discutons de la psychologie sociale communautaire latino-américaine - à l'origine liée aux traditions critiques de l'action sociale (éducation populaire, sciences sociales militantes, philosophie de la libération) - et sa réception dans ledit espace de paradigmes émergents liés au tournant décolonial, aux épistémologies du Sud et ses tendances autonomistes et subalternistes à penser les processus de transformation sociale. Il examine comment ces mouvements perturberaient et revitaliseraient une discipline qui, dans son expression hégémonique, était cooptée par l'institutionnalisation bureaucratique et la production théorique néolibérale pour lire et intervenir dans le champ social. Considérant le précédent, le développement historique de la discipline se situe dans le climat théorique de trois moments pertinents dans la configuration du champ social. Nous concluons par quelques observations sur les possibilités qui apparaissent de penser la social-communauté à la lumière de ces épistémès émergentes, mais aussi sur quelques problèmes/limites à prendre en considération.

Quem Pode Falar no Divã? Raça e Psicanálise Situada / Who can Speak on the Couch? Race and Situated Psychoanalysis / ¿Quién Puede Hablar en el Diván? Raza y Psicoanálisis Situado

Quem pode falar no divã? Como a inscrição do sujeito e do sujeito do inconsciente em relações sociais de poder de classe, gênero, sexualidade, raça, idade, validade, limita o acesso a uma elaboração analítica? O reconhecimento da colonialidade, como efeito de dominação e lugar de enunciação que persiste além da colonização, tornou possível a emergência de novas formas subjetivas, culturais e epistêmicas, incentivando a psicanálise a escutar de outra forma. Este artigo propõe se debruçar sobre a incidência da raça e da branquitude na psicanálise a partir das epistemologias do posicionamento e da epistemologia da ignorância. No contexto social francês, enquanto uma parte crescente da população francesa experimenta diariamente a discriminação racial, essa é veementemente negada por uma maioria de político·as e pesquisadore·as, que recusam até o uso da palavra "raça". A partir dessa negação oficial do racismo sistémico pelo poder político e por uma maioria de estudos acadêmicos, o artigo tenta analisar a epistemologia da ignorância que prevalece na postura clínica e teórica de uma psicanálise maioritária. Trata-se de estudar a forma como uma ignorância branca provoca uma desescuta das questões de raça no divã, produz efeitos transferenciais de silenciamento, e nega vivências particulares em nome do universalismo.

Who can speak on the couch? How does the inscription of the subject and the subject of the unconscious in class, gender, sexuality, race, age and validity social power relations limit access to a psychoanalytical elaboration? The recognition of coloniality as an effect of domination and a locus of enunciation that persists beyond colonisation has made it possible for new subjective, cultural and epistemic forms to emerge, encouraging psychoanalysis to listen differently. This article looks at the impact of race and whiteness on psychoanalysis through the perspective of the Standpoint Epistemologies and the Epistemology of Ignorance. In the French social context, while a growing part of the French population experiences racial discrimination on a daily basis, it is vehemently denied by a majority of politicians and researchers, who refuse to even use the word "race". Starting from this official denial of systemic racism by the political establishment and a majority of academic studies, the article seeks to analyse the epistemology of ignorance that prevails in the clinical and theoretical stance of a majoritian psychoanalysis. The aim is to study the way in which white ignorance causes race issues to be non-listened to on the couch produces silencing transferential effects, and denies particular experiences in the name of universalism.

¿Quién puede hablar en el diván? ¿Cómo la inscripción del sujeto y del sujeto del inconsciente en las relaciones sociales de poder de clase, género, sexualidad, raza, edad, validez, limitan el acceso a una elaboración analítica? El reconocimiento de la colonialidad como un efecto de dominación y un lugar de enunciación que persiste más allá de la colonización ha posibilitado la emergencia de nuevas formas subjetivas, culturales y epistémicas, impulsionando al psicoanálisis a escuchar de otra manera. Este artículo examina el impacto de la raza y la blanquitud en el psicoanálisis desde la perspectiva de las epistemologías del posicionamiento y la epistemología de la ignorancia. En el contexto social francés, mientras que una parte creciente de la población francesa experimenta a diario la discriminación racial, ésta es negada con vehemencia por una mayoría de políticos/as e investigadores/as, que se niegan incluso a utilizar la palabra "raza". Partiendo de esta negación oficial del racismo sistémico por parte del poder político y de una mayoría de estudios académicos, el artículo intenta analizar la epistemología de la ignorancia que prevalece en la postura clínica y teórica de un psicoanálisis mayoritario. El objetivo es estudiar el modo en que la ignorancia blanca hace que las cuestiones raciales sean des-escuchadas en el diván, produce efectos transferenciales de silenciamiento y niega las experiencias particulares en nombre del universalismo.

Uniting Experiments and Big Data to advance ecology and conservation.

Many ecologists increasingly advocate for research frameworks centered on the use of 'big data' to address anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems. Yet, experiments are often considered essential for identifying mechanisms and informing conservation interventions. We highlight the complementarity of these research frameworks and expose largely untapped opportunities for combining them to speed advancements in ecology and conservation. With nascent but increasing application of model integration, we argue that there is an urgent need to unite experimental and big data frameworks throughout the scientific process. Such an integrated framework offers potential for capitalizing on the benefits of both frameworks to gain rapid and reliable answers to ecological challenges.

Ancestral Computing for Sustainability: Centering Indigenous Epistemologies in Researching Computer Science Education.

This article offers Ancestral Computing for Sustainability (ACS) to dismantle the logics of settler colonialism that affect accessibility, identities, and epistemologies of computer science education (CSE). ACS centers Indigenous epistemologies in researching CSE across four public universities in the United States. This paper describes Ancestral Computing for Sustainability and explores reflections of two students engaging as researchers in ACS inquiry. Drawing on Indigenous methodologies and Participatory Action Research, they share their reflections as co-researchers in ACS through storywork. These critical reflections include their relationship to computing, observations of the interdependent work within ACS, ethics and sustainability, and their experiences within the focus groups. The article ends with recommendations for furthering ACS as a decolonial approach that centers Indigenous epistemologies in CSE. Recommendations for CSE education include Ancestral Knowledge Systems and adding sustainability as a topic within computing education pathways and building student-faculty relationships based on trust is recommended to foster students' academic and personal growth within CSE education and research.

Womanism and Re-Imagining Black Women's Health Promotion.

Black women have been historically disenfranchised by the healthcare system. We apply a Womanist framework-a social change model developed by Black women scholars, including Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Clenora Hudson-Weems, Layli Philips and many others- to health promotion, reimagining Black women's health grounded in a framework designed by Black women. Five modalities in particular-dialogue, harmonizing and coordinating, hospitality, mutual aid and social support, and mothering- present an opportunity for radical change within health promotion. We offer a consideration of how these modalities might be utilized to improve health promotion for Black women.

Is it only about science and policy? The 'intergovernmental epistemologies' of global environmental governance.

Although international actors operating under the United Nations umbrella put much faith in the possibility of bridging science and policy through various institutional arrangements, research in the Science and Technology Studies (STS) tradition suggests that different civic epistemologies revolve around environmental degradation issues. Civic epistemologies, which imply peculiar understandings of knowledge across cultures, are not easily bridged. This paper contends that conflicting (civic) epistemologies inevitably emerge in epistemic debates at the intergovernmental level, with strong implications for how science and knowledge are dealt with and understood in environmental negotiations. Drawing on the experience of global soil and land governance and building on the idiom of civic epistemologies, the concept of intergovernmental epistemologies is introduced as an analytical tool to capture the diverging ways of appreciating and validating knowledge in intergovernmental settings. Placing state actors and their perspectives center stage, intergovernmental epistemologies account for the tensions, contestations and politicisation processes of international institutional settings dealing with environmental issues. The paper concludes discussing the consequences of intergovernmental epistemologies for the study of global environmental governance: it cautions about overreliance on approaches based on learning and all-encompassing discourses, emphasizing the value of using STS-derived concepts to investigate the complexity of international environmental negotiations.

PsicoQuilombologia: escrevivência de uma psicologia das encruzilhadas em tempos pandêmicos / PsychoQuilombology: writexperience of a psychology of crossroads in pandemic times / PsicoQuilombología: escrivivencia de una psicología de la encrucijada en tiempos pandémicos

O texto é um relato de experiência da participação no Grupo de Estudos psicoQuilombologia ocorrida nos meses de setembro de 2020 a março de 2021, período atravessado pela segunda onda da pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil. O objetivo do relato é apresentar o conceito-movimento de psicoQuilombologia como uma proposta epistemológica quilombola de agenciamento de cuidado e saúde, com base em uma escuta que se faça descolonial e inspirada no fecundo e ancestral acervo de cuidado dos povos africanos, quilombolas e pretos, preservado e atualizado em nossos quilombos contemporâneos. A metodologia utilizada é a escrevivência, método desenvolvido por Conceição Evaristo que propõe uma escrita em que as vivência e memórias estão totalmente entrelaçadas, imersas e imbricadas com a pesquisa. O resultado das escrevivências dessa pesquisa descortinam que os povos pretos desenvolveram práticas de cuidado e acolhimento às vulnerabilidades do outro, enraizadas no fortalecimento de laços e conexões coletivas de afetos e cuidado mútuos. Práticas de cuidado que articulam memória, ancestralidade, tradição, comunidade, transformação, luta, resistência e emancipação, engendrando modos coletivos de ser e viver. Nas quais cuidar do outro implica tratar suas relações e situar o cuidado como extensão de uma cura que se agencia no coletivo. O trabalho conclui apontando que o cenário pandêmico vigente acentua a pungência de se desenvolver estratégias de cuidado baseadas em epistemologias pretas e quilombolas, valorizando os sentidos de ancestralidade, comunidade, pertencimento e emancipação.(AU)

The text is an experience report of the participation in the psicoQuilombology Study Group that carried out from September 2020 to March 2021, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The purpose of the report is to introduce the concept-movement of psicoQuilombology as a quilombola epistemological proposal for the development of care and health, based on a decolonial listening and inspired by the rich care collection of African peoples, quilombolas and Blacks, preserved and updated in our contemporary quilombos. The methodology used is writexperience [escrevivências], a method developed by Conceição Evaristo who proposes a writing in that the experiences and memories are totally involved with the research. The result of the writability of this research show that Black people have developed practices of care and acceptance of the other's vulnerabilities, based on the strengthening of ties and collective connections of mutual affection and care. Care practices that mix memory, ancestry, tradition, community, transformation, struggle, resistance and emancipation, outlining collective ways of being and living. The core idea is that taking care of the other means treating your relationships and maintaining care as an extension of a cure that takes place in the collective. The paper concludes by pointing out that the current pandemic scenario demonstrates the urgent need to develop care strategies based on black and quilombola epistemologies, valuing the senses of ancestry, community, belonging and emancipation.(AU)

Este es un reporte de experiencia de la participación en el Grupo de Estudio psicoQuilombología que ocurrió en los meses de septiembre de 2020 a marzo de 2021, periodo en que Brasil afrontaba la segunda ola de la pandemia de la COVID-19. Su propósito es presentar el concepto-movimiento de psicoQuilombología como una propuesta epistemológica quilombola para el desarrollo del cuidado y la salud, basada en una escucha decolonial e inspirada en el rico acervo asistencial de los pueblos africanos, quilombolas y negros, conservado y actualizado en nuestros quilombos contemporáneos. La metodología utilizada es la escrivivencia, un método desarrollado por Conceição Evaristo quien propone una escrita en que las vivencias y los recuerdos están totalmente involucrados con la investigación. El resultado de la escrivivencia muestra que las personas negras han desarrollado prácticas de cuidado y aceptación de las vulnerabilidades del otro, basadas en el fortalecimiento de lazos y conexiones colectivas de afecto y cuidado mutuos. Prácticas de cuidado que mezclan memoria, ascendencia, tradición, comunidad, transformación, lucha, resistencia y emancipación, perfilando formas colectivas de ser y vivir. El cuidar al otro significa tratar sus relaciones y mantener el cuidado como una extensión de una cura que tiene lugar en lo colectivo. El trabajo concluye que el actual escenario pandémico demuestra la urgente necesidad de desarrollar estrategias de atención basadas en epistemologías negras y quilombolas, y que valoren los sentidos de ascendencia, comunidad, pertenencia y emancipación.(AU)

Repensar a Saúde Coletiva e o papel das Ciências Sociais e Humanas em Saúde / Rethinking public health and the role of social sciences and humanities in health / Repensar la Salud Colectiva y el papel de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanas en Salud

Este ensaio analisa conflitos e potencialidades das Ciências Sociais e Humanas em Saúde (CSHS) no campo da Saúde Coletiva e os desafios de atuar em uma área interdisciplinar. Inicialmente, apresentamos algumas particularidades das CSHS, dialogando com tensões internas. Em seguida, as metodologias qualitativas e seus usos nas pesquisas em Saúde Coletiva são problematizadas, mantendo um diálogo com as demais áreas. Por fim, apresentamos uma reflexão sobre as perspectivas futuras das CSHS e possíveis caminhos teórico-metodológicos que aprofundariam a transversalidade da área. Repensar as relações entre as áreas provoca uma reflexão sobre uma possível e oportuna reconfiguração da própria Saúde Coletiva. Os desafios nos colocam a necessidade de repensar a noção de CSHS; e de indagar sobre a linguagem que estamos construindo e sobre o que podemos fazer.(AU)

This essay analyzes the conflicts and potential of social sciences and humanities in health (SSHH) in the field of public health and the challenges of acting in an interdisciplinary area. We present some of the particularities of SSHH, dialoguing with internal tensions and then go on to problematize qualitative methodologies and their use in public health research, maintaining a dialogue with the other areas. Finally, we reflect upon the outlook for SSHH and possible theoretical and methodological pathways that would broaden the cross-cutting nature of the area. Rethinking relations between areas prompts reflection on a possible and timely reconfiguration of public health. The challenges give rise to the need to rethink the notion of SSHH, question the language we are constructing, and ask what we can do.(AU)

Este ensayo analiza conflictos y potencialidades de las Ciencia Sociales y Humanas en Salud (CSHS) en el campo de la Salud Colectiva y los desafíos de actuar en un área interdisciplinaria. Inicialmente, presentamos algunas particularidades de las CSHS, dialogando con tensiones internas. A continuación, las metodologías cualitativas y sus usos en las investigaciones de Salud Colectiva se problematizan, manteniendo un diálogo con las demás áreas. Finalmente, presentamos una reflexión sobre las perspectivas futuras de las CSHS y posibles caminos teóricos-metodológicos que profundizarían la transversalidad del área. Repensar las relaciones entre las áreas provoca una reflexión sobre una posible y oportuna reconfiguración de la propia Salud Colectiva. Los desafíos nos plantean la oportunidad de repensar la noción de CSHS, de indagar sobre el lenguaje que estamos construyendo y sobre lo que queremos hacer.(AU)

Perspectivas feministas para la Bioética

Propósito/Contexto. El artículo hace un recorrido por conceptos centrales de propuestas feministas contemporáneas para ofrecer análisis filosóficos, epistemológicos y políticos, útiles para la fundamentación y la práctica de la Bioética contemporánea. Se busca profundizar y problematizar conceptos centrales de teorías bioéticas como autonomía, justicia y vulnerabilidad, desde una perspectiva anclada en una comprensión de los fenómenos sociales y las subjetividades como inmersas en un entramado complejo de estructuras de poder. Metodología/Enfoque. El texto se formula desde una perspectiva filosófica y analítica que construye un hilado de conceptos y categorías para la revisión y el enriquecimiento de algunos fundamentos de la Bioética contemporánea. Se acude a fuentes diversas de teorías feministas, teorías filosóficas y propuestas políticas para la construcción de una manera de situarse epistemológica y políticamente frente a los problemas bioéticos de la llamada perspectiva feminista. Resultados/Hallazgos. Se propone que la adopción de una perspectiva feminista para la Bioética se entienda no como el conjunto reducido de problemas de las mujeres, ni como simple inclusión de mujeres en las discusiones bioéticas, sino como la adopción de una manera de situar, observar y analizar fenómenos sociales y problemas bioéticos desde una comprensión de las causas estructurales de las opresiones, que conciba al género, la raza, la clase social, la orientación sexual, la discapacidad y otros ejes de diferencia, como categorías de análisis centrales. Discusión/Conclusiones/Contribuciones. La adopción de una perspectiva feminista implica una revisión crítica de los fundamentos del campo, particularmente del principialismo como versión más difundida, haciendo visibles algunas de sus limitaciones y consecuencias problemáticas. Asimismo, lleva a una revisión epistemológica de los saberes involucrados en el campo y a sus prácticas deliberativas, señalando la importancia de atender a las condiciones que impiden o dificultan el cumplimiento del compromiso político de la Bioética como espacio pluralista y transformador de las sociedades.

Purpose/Context. The article reviews central concepts of contemporary feminist proposals in order to offer philosophical, epistemological and political analyses useful for the foundation and practice of contemporary bioethics. It seeks to deepen and problematize central concepts of bioethical theories such as autonomy, justice and vulnerability from a perspective anchored in an understanding of social phenomena and subjectivities as immersed in a complex web of power structures. Methodology/Approach. The text is formulated from a philosophical and analytical perspective that builds a thread of concepts and categories for the revision and enrichment of some fundamentals of contemporary bioethics. Diverse sources of feminist theories, philosophical theories and political proposals are used to construct a way of situating oneself epistemologically and politically in the face of the bioethical problems of the so-called feminist perspective. Results/Findings. It is proposed that the adoption of a feminist perspective for bioethics should be understood not as a reduced set of women's problems, nor as a simple inclusion of women in bioethical discussions, but as the adoption of a way of situating, observing and analyzing social phenomena and bioethical problems from an understanding of the structural causes of oppressions, which conceives gender, race, social class, sexual orientation, disability and other axes of difference, as central categories of analysis. Discussion/Conclusions/Contributions. The adoption of a feminist perspective implies a critical review of the foundations of the field, particularly of principlism as the most widespread version, making visible some of its limitations and problematic consequences. It also leads to an epistemological review of the knowledge involved in the field and its deliberative practices, pointing out the importance of addressing the conditions that prevent or hinder the fulfillment of the political commitment of bioethics as a pluralistic and transformative space for societies.

Finalidade/Contexto. O artigo revê conceitos centrais das propostas feministas contemporâneas a fim de oferecer análises filosóficas, epistemológicas e políticas que são úteis para a fundação e prática da bioética contemporânea. Procura aprofundar e problematizar conceitos centrais de teorias bioéticas tais como autonomia, justiça e vulnerabilidade numa perspectiva ancorada numa compreensão dos fenómenos sociais e subjectividades como imersos numa teia complexa de estruturas de poder. Metodologia/Aproximação. O texto é formulado de uma perspectiva filosófica e analítica que constrói um fio de conceitos e categorias para a revisão e enriquecimento de alguns dos fundamentos da bioética contemporânea. Diversas fontes de teorias feministas, teorias filosóficas e propostas políticas são utilizadas para construir uma forma de se situar epistemologicamente e politicamente face aos problemas bioéticos da chamada perspectiva feminista. Resultados/Findings. Propõe-se que a adopção de uma perspectiva feminista da bioética não deve ser entendida como um conjunto reduzido de problemas das mulheres, nem como uma simples inclusão das mulheres nas discussões bioéticas, mas como a adopção de uma forma de situar, observar e analisar os fenómenos sociais e os problemas bioéticos a partir de uma compreensão das causas estruturais das opressões, que concebe o género, raça, classe social, orientação sexual, deficiência e outros eixos de diferença como categorias centrais de análise. Discussão/Conclusões/Contribuições. A adopção de uma perspectiva feminista implica uma revisão crítica dos fundamentos do campo, particularmente do principlismo como a versão mais difundida, tornando visíveis algumas das suas limitações e consequências problemáticas. Conduz também a uma revisão epistemológica dos conhecimentos envolvidos no campo e das suas práticas deliberativas, salientando a importância de abordar as condições que impedem ou dificultam o cumprimento do compromisso político da bioética como um espaço pluralista e transformador para as sociedades.

Evidence-Based Medicine: Feminist Criticisms and Implications for Women's Health.

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) dates back to 19th-century Paris and started out as a new paradigm for practicing medicine, with the aim of replacing anecdote with high-quality evidence from positivist-style research. Despite the clear logic underpinning EBM, there have been numerous criticisms, including maintenance of an archaic view of evidence as "facts," failure to acknowledge that all research is underpinned by the beliefs of the researcher, and the simple fact that medical research has historically been androcentric and results generalized to female patients. In this essay, we discuss the criticisms of EBM, with a focus on feminist critiques based on three central feminist epistemologies: feminist empiricism, standpoint theory, and social constructivism. We argue that EBM potentially perpetuates gaps in women's health and advocate for incorporating feminist epistemologies into future medical research to garner further understanding of social influences on women's health. In addition, we argue that EBM may degrade the clinical acumen and that critical thinking should become a key component of medical school curricula.

Building urban community resilience through university extension: community engagement and the politics of knowledge.

Many land-grant universities are examining approaches to community engagement to better align with the US land-grant mission of knowledge democratization. With a growing majority of the United States' population living in urbanized spaces, it is a societal imperative for university engagement initiatives to devise strategies for engaging people on the complexity of urban issues central to individual and community wellbeing. Effective urban engagement demands collaboration and strong relationships with urban organizations and residents to co-create approaches to urban concerns. Through narrative-based inquiry, we explore urban engagements within Penn State Extension (PSE) across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (USA). PSE, located administratively in the College of Agricultural Sciences, is charged with carrying out Penn State's land-grant commitment to serve Pennsylvania's citizens through community engagement and nonformal education in the agricultural and food, human, and social sciences. We examine extension educator and faculty practices, program development, community engagements, and experiences, and those of community stakeholders. This work draws upon democratic methods to uncover the undergirding philosophies of engagement within PSE and how communities experience those engagements. This project offers an entry-point to longer-term applied research to develop a broadly applicable theory and praxis of translational research, engagement, and change privileging urban community resilience.

Symposium: Risk, innovation and ignorance production in the field of reproductive biomedicine.

This commentary evaluates the contributions to this special issue through a feminist lens. It reviews the field of ignorance studies and two distinguishable areas in the field: undone science and ignorance/non-knowledge. It points to ways in which the articles in this special issue engage with the social production of ignorance. It explores feminist roots of ignorance studies, including feminist ignorance epistemologies, identifies strengths and gaps in ignorance studies, and suggests possible lines of future work.

Transformative dissonant encounters: Opportunities for cultivating antiracism in White nursing students.

Sharply in focus in the United States right now is the disproportionate COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates of Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Pacific Islanders living in the United States in contrast to White people. These COVID-19 disparities are but one example of how systemic racism filters into health outcomes for many Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC). With these issues front and center, more attention is being given to the ways that White medical professionals contribute to these disparities, including their socialization to ignore or deny inequities. As such, the present study sought to understand how educating White health-care pre-professionals about systemic racism might influence their understanding of and responsibility for disrupting White supremacy. Data were drawn from 49 White-identified nursing students who participated in a mapping project that uncovered instantiations of systemic racism in the United States. Participant written reflections were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that mapping projects can develop White people's knowledge and understanding of systemic racism. We introduce the construct, transformative dissonant encounters, to describe how this project precipitated shifts in world view necessary for White people to confront systemic racism. Implications for nursing educators, psychological researchers, and antiracist activists are discussed.

Staying with the trouble of networks.

Networks have risen to prominence as intellectual technologies and graphical representations, not only in science, but also in journalism, activism, policy, and online visual cultures. Inspired by approaches taking trouble as occasion to (re)consider and reflect on otherwise implicit knowledge practices, in this article we explore how problems with network practices can be taken as invitations to attend to the diverse settings and situations in which network graphs and maps are created and used in society. In doing so, we draw on cases from our research, engagement and teaching activities involving making networks, making sense of networks, making networks public, and making network tools. As a contribution to "critical data practice," we conclude with some approaches for slowing down and caring for network practices and their associated troubles to elicit a richer picture of what is involved in making networks work as well as reconsidering their role in collective forms of inquiry.

Desire over damage: Epistemological shifts and anticolonial praxis from an indigenous-led community health project.

This article offers an overview of an Indigenous-led participatory research project, The Future We Dream, co-developed by rural land defenders in Central America and the Caribbean. To engage in recent dialectics concerning complicity and decolonising methodologies, we centre Indigenous Maya conceptions of health, wellbeing and what 'living well' means to community members. For context, The Future We Dream responds to the 2015 landmark ruling made by the Caribbean Court of Justice affirming the land rights of the Maya people of Southern Belize. Amidst tensions with the state that followed the ruling, an autonomous movement composed of grassroots organisers turned their attention towards imagining and constructing a self-determined future. In turn, the communities initiated a research exercise inspired by desire-based methodologies (Tuck, 2009) to articulate a collective vision of a healthful Maya future outside of colonial-liberal worldviews, and notably, formulating Maya visions of healthful, sustainable worlds. In reporting on this one example of grassroots, anticolonial health research that departs from the hierarchal knowledge production practices of liberal academia, this paper details the collaborative process/project; the complexities/complicities of research involving Indigenous communities; and how Indigenous epistemologies are generative vis-a-vis unsettling conventional knowledge production practices in the contentious field of global health research.

Produção de existências em ato na Amazônia, Brasil: "território líquido" que se mostra à pesquisa como travessia de fronteiras / Producing existences in action in the Amazon, Brazil: "liquid territory" that shows itself to research as a crossing of borders / Producción de existencias en acto en la Amazonia, Brasil: "territorio líquido" que se muestra a la investigación como travesía de fronteras

O objetivo do artigo é compartilhar a aprendizagem em pesquisa, fruto da vivência das pesquisadoras e dos pesquisadores na rede de cuidado à saúde de urgência e emergência na Amazônia, Brasil. Propomos pensar no conceito de pesquisa como travessia de fronteiras para falar da interculturalidade, da singularidade do território, mas também do diálogo tenso entre racionalidades da Ciência e das práticas de saúde e de pensamento. O texto está constituído de três eixos: a apresentação da categoria "território líquido", seguida da discussão epistemológica sobre o método e a apresentação dos recursos utilizados na pesquisa para propor uma episteme "emergente e insurgente". Traçamos linhas decolonizadoras do pensamento por entendermos que a função da pesquisa é descrever e produzir visibilidades como existência e não apenas como representação do que está vigente. (AU)

The aim of this article is to share research lessons learnt from the experiences of researchers in the urgent and emergency care network in the Amazon, Brazil. We propose to think about the concept of research as a crossing of boundaries to talk about interculturality, the uniqueness of territories, as well as the tense dialogue between the rationality of science and health practices and thinking. This article is structured into three core sections: presentation of the category "fluid territory", followed by an epistemological discussion of the method and presentation of the resources used in the study to propose an "emergent and insurgent" episteme. We outline decolonizing lines of thought based on the understanding that the function of research is to describe and produce visibility as existence and not just as a representation of what is current. (AU)

El objetivo del artículo es compartir el aprendizaje en investigación, fruto de la vivencia de las investigadoras e investigadores en la red de cuidados de la salud de Urgencias y Emergencias en la Amazonia, Brasil. Proponemos pensar en el concepto de investigación como travesía de fronteras, para hablar de la interculturalidad, de la singularidad del territorio, pero también del diálogo tenso entre racionalidades de la ciencia y de las prácticas de salud y de pensamiento. El texto está formado por tres ejes: la presentación de la categoría "territorio líquido", seguida de la discusión epistemológica sobre el método y presentación de los recursos utilizados en la investigación para proponer una episteme "emergente e insurgente". Trazamos líneas descolonizadoras del pensamiento por entender que la función de la investigación es describir y producir visibilidades como existencia y no solo como representación de lo vigente. (AU)