So the struggle persists. The intellectual paucity to conceptually perceive relations in a holistic manner is translated into discriminatory injustice and incremental degradation of life forces according to a political philosophy of naturalised abuse. However, this case study has demonstrated that it is possible to broaden IR's metaphysical horizons. Practically, indigenous peoples' involvement within the decision-making process alleviates the negative energies required for conflict and opens up a dialogue concerning pursuit of the common good. Not only will a forum of inclusive dialogue ensue but also it will arise from the multiplicity of epistemologies contextualised by the diversity of ontological contexts and cosmological world-views existent in this rich world.
Notes
1Gray, C. (1991) 'The Impact of Biodiversity Conservation on Indigenous Peoples', in Shiva, V., Anderson, P., Schücking, H., Gray, A., Lohmann, L. and Cooper, D. Biodiversity: Social and Ecological Perspectives, London: Zed Books.
2Secretariat of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues (1987) Indigenous Peoples: A Global Quest for Justice, London: Zed Books.
3Wearne, P. (1996) Return of the Indian: Conquest and Revival in the Americas, London: Cassel in association with Latin America Bureau.
4Aware that my legitimacy as an outsider is problematic, I strive to be conscious of the limitations of the globalising language, English, and, whenever possible, allow illustrative examples to speak for themselves.
5Secretariat of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, (1987) p. 11.
6Díaz Polanco, H. (Rayas, L., trans.) (1997) Indigenous Peoples in Latin America: The Quest for Self-Determination, Oxford: Westview Press, p. x.
8Baumann, M., Bell, J., Koechlin, F. and Pimbert, M., for Worldwide Fund for Nature and Swissaid (1996) The Life Industry: Biodiversity, People and Profits, London: Intermediate Technology Publications.
9World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 114-115. This is also the thesis of Norberg-Hodge, H. (1991) Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, London: Rider.
11Hirsch, P. (1990) 'Review Essay: Marginal People on Marginal Land', Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 22, (4), 55-59.
12Secretariat of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, (1987).
13This is also particularly true of the sub-discipline, International Political Economy; Tooze, R. and Murphy, C. N. (1996) 'The Epistemology of Poverty and the Poverty of Epistemology in IPE: Mystery, Blindness, and Invisibility', Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 25 (3), 681-707.
14Secretariat of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, (1987).
15Goodman, D. and Redclift, M. (1991) Environment and Development in Latin America: The Politics of Sustainability, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
16Cf. hooks, b. (1991) 'Choosing the margin as a space of radical openness', in
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Book title: Ecological Relations: Towards an Inclusive Politics of the Earth.
Contributors: Susan Board - Author.
Publisher: Routledge.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2002.
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