At Work with The Ready Brave New Work 55. Gaslighting and Other Forms of Epistemic Injustice in the Workplace with Cat Swetel
When we begin to reckon with inequality in the workplace, a useful place to start is the concept of "epistemic injustice"—what we know, how we know, and who gets to decide and influence our reality. This concept goes deeper than simply who is in the room. This is about the stories we bring with us, the ones we build together, and how bias and representation shape the possibility of what can be.
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans speak with Cat Swetel, a consultant specializing in data-informed coaching and increasing equity in organizations, about epistemic injustice—in the workplace and beyond.
Learn more about Cat on her website, on LinkedIn, and on Twitter.
Mentioned references:
- gaslighting
- Angel Street / Gas Light, 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton
- Judith N. Shklar, Latvian philosopher and political theorist
- "fishing stories"
- "sock puppet accounts"
- Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
- Douglas Rushkoff episode: BNW Ep. 33
- Bridgewater
- #oscarssowhite
- Research Your Own Practice, by John Mason
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