In an article written in 2000 I posed what I called ‘the Multicultural question’. It runs something like this: What are the chances that we can construct in our cities shared, diverse, just, and egalitarian forms of common life, guaranteeing the full rights of democratic citizenship and participation to all on the basis of equality, whilst respecting the differences which inevitably come about ...

Objective/Context: This paper analyzes the discourse of three supranational policy instruments produced by International Labour Organization and United Nations regarding political participation Indigenous Peoples. We argue that these discourses promote a utilitarian view environment pose severe limitations on substantial Methodology: To support this thesis, we present results Critical Discourse...

Increased attention for indigenous rights in relation to nature conservation has in the Philippines resulted in legislation formalizing indigenous peoples' participation in protected area management. We discuss the implementation of this legislation, based on the case of the Agta inhabiting the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park. The Agta are hunter-gatherers who settle along the coasts and riv...

Objective: To highlight the emerging ethos of cultural rigour in use critical appraisal tools research involving First Nations peoples. Methods: Critical reflection on recent systematic review experience. Results: The concept is notably undefined peer-reviewed journal articles but evident development developed by Conclusions: Conventional for assessing study quality are built a limited view hea...

This chapter highlights the importance of incorporating indigenous language and its daily practice in the local context of newly transformed indigenous policy in Taiwan. Currently, the official indigenous people’s language policy is relatively confined to curriculum development and certification of indigenous peoples’ language abilities with little consideration of language practices in real so...

Indigenous people are the most underrepresented racial/ethnic group in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) United States. Most prior research suggests this trend is result broadly of settler colonialism, more specifically cultural differences between students school/university environments; poor academic preparation K-12 schools; vague constructs educational or v...

Emerging out of radical theories about the uneven nature of power and underwriting practices that assist marginalized peoples in constructing their own development strategies, ‘‘participation’’ has recently come under fire for being co-opted and mainstreamed by governmental and nongovernmental agencies, part of a new development ‘‘tyranny’’ that betrays the concept’s populist roots. The issues ...

Cad. Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 26(5):853-878, mai, 2010 to the principles of legal pluralism, it safeguards the principles laid out under international human rights legislation and affirms respect for the internal law of peoples whenever human rights (as well as each national state’s legislation) are not violated. Thus, the argumentation relying on this safeguard is only relatively effecti...