When convivencia does not exist: First Nations and Human Rights

is this land still made for you and me? Does “shared life” mean that we just exist side-by-side being affected by others –or even noticing them? What happens when convivencia goes wrong, when U+I = just “me”, and there’s no room for “you” or “them”? What happens when convivencia fails, and human rig...

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Main Authors: Hussain, Moderator: Amir, Chamberlin, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, J. Edward "Ted"
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Published: Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School 2008
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/bellarmineforum/2008/schedule/10
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Summary:is this land still made for you and me? Does “shared life” mean that we just exist side-by-side being affected by others –or even noticing them? What happens when convivencia goes wrong, when U+I = just “me”, and there’s no room for “you” or “them”? What happens when convivencia fails, and human rights abuses occur? This session was a conversation with a Canadian scholar who has devoted his life to creating common ground.