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Dr. José Medina, Walter Dill Scott Professor of Philosophy
Northwestern University
Abstract: Resisting injustice is not an easy thing to do under conditions of oppression. There are different ways in which protesting voices are silenced and their resistance against injustice is rendered invisible. This talk will critically examine the challenges that oppressed groups face when they try to protest injustices under conditions of communicative marginalization. The talk will discuss how silencing and social invisibility are resisted by social justice movements that advocate for the oppressed, and how oppressed subjects use public protest as a mechanism of epistemic self-empowerment.
Moderation by Roxy Alexander ’26
Comments by Dr. José Medina, Walter Dill Scott Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University
Presented by the Philosophy Graduate Student Council and co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion.Light refreshments provided.