A critical framework examining how “objectivity” itself is socially, historically, and discursively constituted—not a timeless ideal but a specific set of practices, exclusions, and power relations. Objectivity is produced through particular methods (quantification, peer review, double-blind procedures) and institutional arrangements, and it privileges certain perspectives (usually dominant ones) while marginalizing others. The theory does not reject objectivity as a value but historicizes it, showing that what counts as objective changes over time and serves particular interests. It’s central to feminist epistemology, science studies, and critical legal theory.
*Example: “Her objectivity constitution theory showed how 19th-century anthropology’s ‘objective’ accounts of race were actually constituted by colonialism, not by detachment.”*
by Dumu The Void March 23, 2026
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