How do ideas become legitimate knowledge? In this episode of The Cultural Context of Knowledge, we explore how universities, journals, and academic institutions decide what counts as credible knowledge. Drawing on the work of Foucault, Kuhn, Merton, and Bourdieu, we examine how power, institutions, and emerging technologies shape the knowledge that appears in textbooks, research, and policy.

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knowledge and power
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how knowledge becomes legitimate
education systems
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peer review process
knowledge hierarchy
institutional knowledge
AI and knowledge systems
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