This paper examines the ways in which the concept discussed under the term
“intersectionality” can provide a productive framing for entangled
inequalities, as both concepts have a lot in common. The paper argues that an
intersectional sensibilization to conceptualizations of inequalities helps
capture inequalities in their entangled historical, micro and macro level
dimensions and avoid one-dimensional reductions. However, this concept which
is itself deeply Euro- and U.S.-centric must be improved for use in
transnational contexts and for other locations of knowledge production. As
such, an intersectional epistemic sensibilization can prove useful for
contextualizing and situating multiple knowledges and modes of knowledge
production and provide a frame for an implicit critique of hegemony. This
conceptual work is a necessary step towards developing ways to overcome
asymmetrical social power structures as expressed in unequal circulations of
knowledge
