Mitigation and Linguistic Epistemic Tolerance as Requirements for Linguistically Inclusive Science: A Dialogue with Vitaly Pronskikh

Abstract

In our paper “How to Fight Linguistic Injustice in Science: Equity Measures and Mitigating Agents” (2023), we discuss the challenges that non-native English speakers face in communicating their scientific findings. We explored several obstacles they/we encounter, with the most severe leading to epistemic injustice. In his critical reply “Do Scientists Need Mitigating Agents and Who is Responsible for Providing Them? Musings on Vučković and Sikimić’s ‘How to Fight Linguistic Injustice in Science’“, Vitaly Pronskikh raises several riveting questions that need further exploration, which inspired us to approach this topic once again and to further explore the consequences of the solutions we propose.

U našem radu "How to Fight Linguistic Injustice in Science: Equity Measures and Mitigating Agents", razgovaramo o izazovima sa kojima se, pri komunikaciji naučnih otkrića, susreću istraživači kojima engleski nije maternji jezik. Istraživale smo nekoliko prepreka sa kojima se oni/mi suočavamo, među kojima su najozbiljnije one koje dovode do epistemičke nepravde. U svom kritičkom odgovoru "Do Scientists Need Mitigating Agents and Who is Responsible for Providing Them? Musings on Vučković and Sikimić's 'How to Fight Linguistic Injustice in Science: Equity Measures and Mitigating Agents'", Vitali Pronski postavlja nekolicinu uzbudljivih pitanja koja iziskuju dalje ispitivanje. To nas je inspirisalo da se još jednom vratimo ovoj temi i da dodatno preispitamo dalje posledice rešenja koja predlažemo