Exploring Ways of Knowing

A work in progress – the beginning of a slide deck or zine about how we know what we know.
Often, collaborating across very different contexts or workplace cultures can be challenging due to mistrust stemming from different beliefs about ways of knowing – although the issues are rarely discussed in these terms.
Much more to explore here, this is only a start.
Ways of Knowing
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