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Equity in Inquiry: Challenging Epistemic Dominance Through Intercultural Pedagogy and Student Knowledge Production

Equity in Inquiry: Challenging Epistemic Dominance Through Intercultural Pedagogy and Student Knowledge Production
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Author(s): Beatriz Peña Dix (University of los Andes, Bogota, Colombia)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 18
Source title: Academic Research Challenges for Modern Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jan Vrba (Akademia Jagiellońska w Toruniu, Czech Republic)and Mohd Redzuan Mohd Sofian (Trichester Consulting, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-0897-5.ch015

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Abstract

This chapter is a meta-research exercise that reflects on The Intercultural Individual study as a transformative space for epistemic justice in higher education. It challenges hierarchical knowledge by positioning students as co-analysts and the instructor as a reflexive participant, fostering participatory inquiry. Grounded in narrative inquiry and critical intercultural pedagogies, it highlights how student-generated knowledge disrupts academic norms. The study amplifies marginalized voices and embraces diverse ways of knowing. It reassesses theoretical and methodological dimensions and emphasizes students' role in meaning-making beyond researcher-subject dynamics.A Manifesto for Equity in Inquiry calls for decolonizing knowledge, embracing multilingualism, and recognizing alternative epistemologies. It urges dismantling epistemic hierarchies and centering student knowledge in academic inquiry. Ultimately, this chapter advocates for a fundamental shift in research validation, fostering a more just, inclusive, and reflexive academic landscape.

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