SLSA 2026, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, August 25-29, 2026
RATIO ETHICA: Toward Epistemic Justice
Venues: University of São Paulo (USP), Butantã Campus (FFLCH–USP, Milton Santos Auditorium, Brasiliana Library, Japanese Culture House, among other places)
USP Organizers: Prof. Dr. Paulo Farah, Prof. Dr. Artur Matuck, Profa. Dra. Neusa Maria de Andrade.
With the support of the Graduate Program in Humanities, Rights, and Other Legitimacies (PPGHDL–FFLCH–USP) and SLSA.
Conference website: https://www.brasilafrica.fflch.usp.br/en/about-ratio-ethica-event
Updated deadline for abstracts of proposals: March 1, 2026 (may change)
Submission site:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=reslsausp2026
Contact Information: For questions regarding submissions, registration, accessibility, or institutional partnerships, contact jusepisteme@gmail.com OR ratioethica@usp.br
Conference Theme
The international conference RATIO ETHICA: Toward Epistemic Justice invites scholars, artists, writers, scientists, and practitioners from across disciplines to critically engage with questions of epistemic justice and the emergence of Alterscience. At a moment when climatic, social, and political crises destabilize established structures of knowledge, the conference seeks to reimagine what counts as valid knowledge and to amplify epistemologies historically marginalized or excluded.
Epistemic justice is proposed here not only as a corrective to inequalities in knowledge production but also as a generative framework for constructing new, plural, and inclusive intellectual futures. This paradigm calls for encounters across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, arts, and emerging technologies. It requires us to rethink how knowledge is produced, legitimized, and transmitted, while also examining its ethical, political, and ecological consequences.
The event continues USP’s long tradition of interdisciplinary and critical inquiry while deepening the international collaboration with the SLSA. Together, we aim to cultivate an intellectual environment open to experimentation, dialogue, and transformative practices.
