Understanding Ignorance as It Informs Family and Consumers Sciences' Future

Reputable scholars are developing typologies of ignorance for different reasons including philosophizing about ignorance as well as understanding ignorance within professions, the scientific endeavour, and women's health (discussed herein). These four agnotological typologies (i. e., the study of ignorance) proved useful for revealing and understanding various aspects of our own and others' veils of ignorance about family and consumer sciences (FCS) and home economics. This suggests that other typologies and future theories of ignorance may be helpful as well. Unchallenged ignorance will continue to compromise a century-old profession's potential to strengthen individuals and families for their own good and that of humanity. Thus, FCS and home economics theorists, researchers, and practitioners are strongly encouraged to engage the comprehensive, complex, and politicized notion of ignorance as it informs our future viability and perceived legitimacy.