Objectivology

The study of objectivity using Sovietology/Kremlinology methods: analyzing how claims to objectivity are produced, authorized, and contested across different communities. Objectivology treats objectivity not as a timeless stance but as a rhetorical and institutional achievement—something that is performed, attributed, and weaponized. It examines who gets to be “objective,” what practices signal objectivity, and how objectivity claims are used to silence marginalized perspectives. By treating objectivity as an object of study rather than an unquestioned ideal, objectivology reveals the social work that “just being objective” does.

Example: “Her objectivology research showed that in medical journals, ‘objective’ often meant ‘aligned with pharmaceutical funding sources’—not a conspiracy, but a structural bias invisible to those inside the system.”

Objectivology by Dumu The Void April 4, 2026