Indigenous Reconciliation And Decolonization Narratives Of Social Justice And Community Engagement | Law

This book addresses the ethical and practical issues at stake in the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-indigenous communities. An increasing number of researchers educators and social and environmental activists are eager to find ways to effectively support ongoing attempts to recognize integrate and promote Indigenous perspectives and communities. Taking Canada as its focus this book offers a multidisciplinary consideration of a range of reconciliation policies practices and initiatives that are relevant in all settler states. Set against its increasing neoliberal appropriation the book resituates reconciliation in the everyday contexts of community interaction and engagement as well as in the important areas of Indigenous knowledge resource management and social and environmental justice. Reconciliation is not just the responsibility of law and government. And attuned to the different perspectives of settlers migrants and refugee communities the book examines areas of opportunity as well as obstacles to progress in the forging of a truly decolonizing framework for reconciliation. As the challenges of reconciliation cross numerous academic and substantial areas this book will appeal to a range of scholars and practitioners working in law politics education environmental studies anthropology and Indigenous studies. |Indigenous Reconciliation and Decolonization Narratives of Social Justice and Community Engagement | Law