An International Conference Organised by The Conversational Society of Philosophy (CSP)

In recent times, the call for epistemic responsibility has been quite loud. More and more scholars are revealing the various problems and pitfalls associated with the prideful posturing of epistemic hegemons, the insidious racism associated with the overt and covert epistemic marginalisation of certain groups, the outright (neo)colonial oppression of certain groups, etc. Also, other scholars have called for a variety of actions that are meant to avoid or lay a bridge over these pitfalls such as the call for decolonisation, the curation and restoration of indigenous knowledge archives, the call for epistemic inclusion, among other things.

What this conference aims to do is to provide a platform for scholars to engage with the question of epistemic responsibility, especially as it has to do with how knowledge is produced and managed, what regulatory practices are responsible and not marginalising and how indigenous knowledge is disseminated without suppression.

Participants are invited to engage with topics that are related (but not limited) to the following sub-themes:

Gender bias and epistemic exclusion

Epistemic marginalisation/discrimination,

Epistemic (in)justice

Diversity and epistemic inclusion

Classism and epistemic injustice

Ethics and epistemic injustice

Gatekeeping and epistemic injustice

Superiorist ideologies and epistemic hegemony

Coloniality of knowledge

Decolonisation and decoloniality

Epistemic responsibility and knowledge production

Epistemic responsibility and Knowledge dissemination

Eurocentric epistemic hegemony

African knowledge systems

Colonial epistemic oppression/suppression 

History of African epistemology, logic and methods of African epistemology

AI and the ethics of knowing in Africa

Modernising African knowledge systems

Curating the African archive

Value-neutrality and the challenge of contextuality 

Epistemology and African development

Ecologies of knowledge 

Ecological epistemology 

Confirmed Keynote speakers: 

Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Jonathan O Chimakonam

Important Dates

Conference Date: 27-29 November 2024

Abstract submission: 15th August 2024

Deadline for submission of Complete paper: 15th November 2024

Conference Mode: Virtual

Submissions:

All abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically, via email, to: cspconference@gmail.com. Only high-quality abstracts will be accepted.

Participants whose abstracts have been submitted are expected to submit their full papers by the *15th of November 2024. 

Finally, quality papers will be peer-reviewed for publication in accredited international Journals (Arumaruka: Journal of Conversational Thinking and Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions). An edited collection is also being considered.

Conference Registration Categories:

Nigeria-based Academics: N20, 000

Nigeria-based PG students (with admission letter): N10,000

Academics outside Africa: $120

Academics within Africa: $80

PG students within Africa: $40

PG students outside Africa: $50

Please Note: Participants are required to state their Registration Category in their abstract submission email. The relevant account details will be forwarded upon acceptance of the abstract.

Organisers: Jonathan O Chimakonam and Aribiah Attoe, for The Conversational Society of Philosophy   visit: https://cspafrica.org/