Media ecologies and the politics of knowledge
Davide Cino
Media ecologies, far from being merely communication environments, function as spaces where meanings are negotiated, knowledge is constructed, and epistemic hierarchies are redefined. This paper delves into the tensions between epistemic (in)justice and pedagogical countercultures within media ecologies, exploring how digital platforms can simultaneously amplify voices at risk of marginalization and reinforce mechanisms of epistemic exclusion. In this context, resistance practices emerge as strategies of knowledge reclamation, challenging dominant epistemologies and fostering new forms of informal learning. The paper examines the dialectic between reproduction and subversion of epistemic hierarchies, highlighting how media ecologies can become spaces of discursive agency and pedagogical resistance.
Keywords
Media ecologies, Epistemic injustice, Pedagogical resistance, Digital countercultures, Knowledge construction.
