Infraepistemological Literacy

The capacity to understand the infrastructure that enables knowing—libraries, databases, educational systems, peer networks, and the material conditions of knowledge production. It extends epistemology by asking: what must exist for knowledge to be possible? Infraepistemological literacy is essential for understanding epistemic injustice, digital divides, and why certain forms of knowledge are marginalized.

Infraepistemological Literacy Example: “His infraepistemological literacy showed that indigenous knowledge wasn’t ignored because it was unscientific, but because it lacked the institutional infrastructure—archives, funding, journals—that made Western knowledge ‘official.’”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026