We’re taught to believe knowledge builds upward, layer by layer, always advancing to a pinnacle. Could this towering cathedral of “universal” knowledge have been built on the ruins of erased worlds? In this first post of our four-part Epistemicide series, we dig into the deliberate destruction of diverse knowledge systems, from Mayan codices to women’s oral histories, and we ask: Who gets to be a knower? And who gets forgotten? Why and what can we do?
Rebellion doesn’t have to roar. It can whisper, question, or simply refuse. Meet the young people who stood up for what’s right—and the adults who chose courage and stood beside them. Learning is liberation. Defiance can be kind.
We’re taught to believe knowledge builds upward, layer by layer, always advancing to a pinnacle. Could this towering cathedral of “universal” knowledge have been built on the ruins of erased worlds? In this first post of our four-part Epistemicide series, we dig into the deliberate destruction of diverse knowledge systems, from Mayan codices to women’s oral histories, and we ask: Who gets to be a knower? And who gets forgotten? Why and what can we do?
Rebellion doesn’t have to roar. It can whisper, question, or simply refuse. Meet the young people who stood up for what’s right—and the adults who chose courage and stood beside them. Learning is liberation. Defiance can be kind.
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