Recovering Rejected Knowledge: Explaining the Epistemological Strategies of Contemporary Astrologers

恢复被拒绝的知识：解释当代占星家的认识论策略

• 批准号: 2413589
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2413589
• 关键词: Recovering; Rejected; Knowledge; Explaining; Epistemological

Astrology - the apprehension of earthly circumstances using the position of stellar bodies - is a blend of astronomy, mathematics, and divinatory interpretation. This unique combination is well-suited to be used to interrogate the post-Enlightenment adoption of instrumental rationality into the Western intellectual self-image. With this in mind, I am studying how contemporary Western astrologers collectively construct and legitimate their knowledge in a society where their knowledge practices are considered invalid and illegitimate, particularly by intellectual elites, and also in sections of the media. To do this, I am conducting participant observation with astrologers in the central belt of Scotland to understand how they construct and legitimate their practices. My study will map and analyse how one longstanding 'unchurched' or 'vernacular' practice is used in everyday life. This will allow a greater understanding of epistemic difference within a society that is both pluralised and secularised, with 'mainstream' elements existing simultaneously with counter-hegemonic interpretations and practices.

占星学——利用恒星的位置来理解地球环境——是天文学、数学和占卜解释的融合。这种独特的组合非常适合用来质疑启蒙运动后西方知识分子自我形象中工具理性的采用。考虑到这一点，我正在研究当代西方占星师如何在一个他们的知识实践被认为无效和非法的社会中集体构建和合法化他们的知识，特别是在知识精英和媒体领域。为此，我正在苏格兰中部地区与占星家进行参与观察，以了解他们如何构建和合法化他们的实践。我的研究将绘制和分析一种长期存在的“非教会”或“乡土”实践如何在日常生活中使用。这将使人们更好地理解多元化和世俗化社会中的认知差异，“主流”元素与反霸权的解释和实践同时存在。