[Biblist] Fwd: The Democratisation Myth: Open Access and the Solidification of Epistemic Injustices

---------- Forwarded message --------- Från: marcel knöchelmann <marcel.knochelmann.15 at ucl.ac.uk> Date: ons 10 juni 2020 kl 17:26 Subject: The Democratisation Myth: Open Access and the Solidification of Epistemic Injustices To: <RADICALOPENACCESS at jiscmail.ac.uk> Jag tycker det ligger mycket i den kritik som Marcel Knöchelmann framför. Vi har tidigare sett hur Latinamerikan är kritiska till Plan S. Kunskap är sannerligen en fråga om hegemonisk västerländsk makt. Jan Hi fellow scholars, I've posted a critique of OA with a focus on epistemic injustices on SocArXiv. After many rounds of informal review, I welcome critiques and comments in the public now! Looking forward to a good discussion Marcel Link: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/hw7at Abstract: Open access (OA) is considered to solve an accessibility problem in scholarly communication. But this accessibility is restricted to consumption of Western knowledge. Epistemic injustices inhering in the scholarly communication of a global production of knowledge remain unchanged. This underscores that the commercial and “big deal” OA dominating Europe and North America has little revolutionary potential to democratise knowledge. Western academia, driven by politics of progressive neoliberalism, can even reinforce its hegemonic power by solidifying and legitimating the contemporary hierarchies of scholarly communication through OA. I approach the accessibility problem dialectically to arrive at a critique of the commercial large-scale implementations of OA. I propose a threefold conceptualisation of epistemic injustices comprising of testimonial injustice, hermeneutical injustice, and epistemic objectification. As these injustices prevail, the notion of a democratisation of knowledge through OA is but another form of technological determinism that neglects the intricacies of culture and hegemonial order. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the RADICALOPENACCESS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=RADICALOPENACCESS&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/RADICALOPENACCESS, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ -- Jan Szczepański F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora, vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63 at gmail.com