Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

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the history of “first contact”
However,
us that such encounters are usually
teaches
deadlier for the tribes than the initiators of
much
This can be due to communicable diseases
contact.
violent conflict and state-sponsored ethnic
or
Contacted groups often die in large
cleansing.
the context of the encounter between the US
In
and Sentinelese tribe, consider these
missionary
What responsibilities do we, the mainstream,
•
for spreading knowledge to Indigenous
have
generally and uncontacted tribes
Peoples
specifically?
Are we, the mainstream, in any way entitled
•
knowing what they know?
to
What is lost and gained if their knowledge is
•
spread through the mainstream?
never
evidence-based and practice-informed
The
of action is to leave uncontacted peoples
course
This respects their right to determine
alone.
own future—including whether they want
their
establish contact. Do individuals and states
to
a responsibility to uphold this right, when
have
concerned peoples mostly live beyond the
the
of the state?
reaches
IV. Ethics
IV. Ethics
Figure 5.6
The Sentinelese stand guard on an island beach
numbers quickly.
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