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A critical framework analyzing how dominant epistemological standards—what counts as knowledge, evidence, justification—are used to control who gets to speak and what gets believed. It examines how “objectivity” standards can exclude marginalized perspectives, how “peer review” can silence dissent, and how “evidence‑based” language can be used to dismiss non‑Western knowledge systems. Epistemological Control Theory reveals that epistemic practices are not neutral; they reflect power relations and can be tools of social control.
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