Epistemologies of Repair: Community Healing, Justice, and Resistance in Post-Violence Societies

Abstract

In post-systemic violence societies, the desire for justice extends beyond institutions into the practices of embodied communities that seek to heal, remember, and resist. This paper explores epistemologies of repair as a framework for understanding how knowledge, ethics, and collective resilience are reconstructed after trauma. Drawing on decolonial theory, feminist epistemology, and transitional justice, it examines how communities reclaim agency through narrative, memory, and cultural practices.

Keywords

Epistemologies of Repair, Community Healing, Decolonial Theory, Restorative Justice, Collective Memory, Resistance

1. Introduction

Epistemologies of repair emerge from the recognition that violence affects not only bodies and institutions but also systems of knowledge and meaning. Post-violence societies must reconstruct moral, cultural, and epistemic foundations to enable sustainable healing and justice.

7. Conclusion

Epistemologies of repair redefine justice as a continuous ethical process grounded in community knowledge, care, and resilience.

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