ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
This conference aims to open up questions and provide a platform for critical analysis concerning the underlying assumptions, ideologies, narratives, social structures etc. that are rooted in white colonialism, which have shaped (and continue to shape) reality for a multitude of people. The aim is to re-tell stories where white heterosexual upper-class men are no longer the protagonists, and to think critically about ways to re-shape our present reality in efforts towards decolonisation. Among the topics we will discuss are indigenous liberation, white feminism, epistemic injustice and the (post)colonial condition.
The event is hosted by King's College London Minorities and Philosophy Society. We are a chapter of the wider international initiative Minorities and Philosophy, which aims to diversify the philosophical canon and challenge the dominant perspectives on different topics in academic philosophy. We aim to create real opportunities for a wider range of people, in particular those who have been gravely underrepresented in the discipline, to have their voices heard and taken seriously. The exclusion of marginalised groups from academic philosophy and the wider social contexts is an issue of equality and results in inaccurate theories which do not
represent the reality we live in.
About us
KCL Minorities and Philosophy is a chapter of the international Minorities and Philosophy initiative. We seek to make philosophy more inclusive and to provide a space for those from minority and underrepresented groups to discuss their lived experience in connection to philosophy. We have two aims. Firstly, increasing the representation of philosophers from minority and under-represented groups within philosophy as a discipline. Secondly, we aim to develop a community for minority and under-represented students in the university to engage with philosophy in an affirming space.