northwestern buffett global working group: epistemic reparations

I am a member of the Epistemic Reparations Global Working Group, funded by a Buffett Global Catalyst Grant. The co-leads of the project are Jennifer Lackey and Ben Frommer.
 
This project examines how reparative work can encompass not only material restitution but also what we might call “epistemic reparations” — reparations that concern knowledge, knowing, or making known. A central aim is to work with partners to make spaces for victims of human rights violations to share their knowledge and experiences with others as a form of epistemically reparative work. Another aim is to investigate how epistemically reparative work can misfire, fall short, or otherwise create opportunities for reflection on how to improve.

One question I am especially interested in is the connection between epistemic reparations and reconciliation in Canada. How can we ensure that epistemic reparations in Canada do not simply serve as subtler, more hidden forms of colonial dominance?
 
The Group explores epistemic reparations in three main sites: a cluster of projects focuses on carceral justice in the Chicago area (led by Jennifer Lackey, Director of the Northwestern Prison Education Program); another cluster focuses on post-apartheid justice in South Africa (led by Veli Mitova, Director of the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science); the third focuses on reconciliation in the Canadian context, specifically with in Manitoba.

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