ERIC Number: EJ1411349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-6102
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The Perils of Expert Privilege: Analyzing, Understanding, and Reimagining Expertise in University-Community-Societal Relations
Sarah E. Stanlick; George DeMartino; Sharon D. Welch
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v27 n3 p123-141 2023
The democratization of knowledge is liberating and has presented some new and difficult challenges. When everyone can position themselves as an expert, how do we create new frames of intellectual and pragmatic knowledge with integrity? How do we understand the histories of expert privilege and harm that have led us to this time of uncertainty? And finally, how do we work productively across different types of expertise to ensure that community voice, academic voice, and professional voice (and the overlapping nexus within) connect for epistemic and social justice? In this article, we explore the harm and capacity to dehumanize through expert privilege and focus on economics as a disciplinary case study. We critically examine the factors that often lead to dehumanizing practices, interrogate where our own power and privilege need to be checked and understood, and articulate/imagine community engagement practices that might bring about epistemic justice as a reparative opportunity.
Descriptors: Expertise, School Community Relationship, Power Structure, Ethics, Epistemology, Social Justice, Humanization, Community Relations, Economics Education, Universities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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