Epistemic Injustice
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The Reproduction of Authority and Ignorance — The Structure of 'No Need to Know'
Starting from Nadainada's 'Authority and Power,' this analysis examines the mechanisms by which authority instills the notion of 'no need to know' and structurally reproduces ignorance. Through case studies in education, healthcare, and judiciary, it reveals the structure of epistemic submission.
Literature Map of Agnotology in the Japanese-speaking World 2022–2026 — Tracing the Birth of a Discipline
From the 2022 special issue of Journal of History of Science (Vol. 61) to the 2025 publication of 'Invitation to Agnotology,' this article organizes the development of agnotology research in the Japanese-speaking world as a literature map. We track researcher networks, major publications, and academic presentations chronologically to visualize the current state of this emerging academic field.
Why Are the Voices of Persons with Disabilities Not Heard? — The Japanese Structure of Testimonial Injustice
This case study analyzes the mechanism by which the voices of persons with disabilities are systematically discounted as 'subjective' or 'emotional,' drawing on the intersection of Fricker's testimonial injustice theory and agnotology. Using Arai Yūki's Shōgaisha Sabetsu o Toinaosu as a primary reference, it illuminates the structure of epistemic exclusion within Japan's welfare system.
Okinawa and Structural Ignorance — The Politics of Mainland Japan's 'Not Knowing'
Starting from Nishiyama Hideshi's (2023) analysis of 'the structural ignorance of mainland Japanese toward Okinawa' in Gendai Shisō, this case study examines how 'not knowing' about the base issue functions politically. The compound mechanism of attention control and epistemic exclusion is theorized.
Poverty and Epistemic Exclusion — The Structure of 'Being Unable Even to Know'
The loss of 'three bonds' (san-en) depicted in Suzuki Daisuke's Saihinkon Joshi is inseparable from the severance of access to information. This case study analyzes the spiral in which poverty enforces ignorance and ignorance reproduces poverty as a compound mechanism of epistemic exclusion and complexity weaponization.
Epistemic Injustice and Information Access Gaps in NPOs — Visualizing Structures Where Voices Go Unheard
Applying Miranda Fricker's epistemic injustice theory to the NPO context, this analysis examines how testimonial injustice and hermeneutical injustice create structural information access gaps in policymaking. Through connections with the 'complaint gap' concept from the Quiet City Project, we envision counter-design approaches grounded in agnotology.
Research Framework of the Agnotology Lab — An Inductive Coding Framework
From the perspective of agnotology, this note presents an inductive coding framework for multidimensional analysis of the 'production of ignorance.' Moving beyond conventional domain-based classification, a seven-axis tagging system structures research notes and allows cross-disciplinary patterns to emerge from the data.