Mission:

The mission of Voices from the Periphery is to engage in the rigorous intellectual pursuit of excavating and amplifying the epistemologies and ontologies of historically marginalized and subaltern communities. By interrogating dominant hegemonic discourses and employing interdisciplinary methodologies, we aim to decenter Eurocentric and elite-driven narratives that have systematically effaced the lived realities of these communities. Our work is predicated on the critical examination of power dynamics, cultural hegemony, and historiographical erasures, thereby fostering a scholarly platform that foregrounds the multiplicity of voices rendered invisible in conventional academic paradigms. Through empirical research, theoretical inquiry, and oral archives, we seek to advance a praxis-oriented framework of epistemic redress, contributing to the decolonization of knowledge production.

Vision:

Our vision is to position Voices from the Periphery as a vanguard institution in the reconceptualization of global historiography, where subaltern perspectives are rearticulated as central to the understanding of history, culture, and society. We envisage a scholarly landscape in which the silenced voices of marginalized communities are recuperated and reinserted into the grand narrative, not as ancillary but as constitutive agents of historical transformation. Guided by poststructuralist, postcolonial, and deconstructionist frameworks, our vision is to challenge the epistemic violence entrenched in traditional historiography, thereby catalyzing a paradigmatic shift toward pluralistic, intersectional, and anti-hierarchical modes of knowledge. Through our intellectual endeavors, we seek to dismantle the entrenched dichotomies of center-periphery and empower subaltern voices as integral interlocutors in the construction of a more equitable historical consciousness.