Discussion and conclusions

Richard J. Chacon

Rúben G. Mendoza

pp. 451-503

in: Richard J. Chacon, Rúben G. Mendoza (eds), The ethics of anthropology and Amerindian research, Berlin, Springer, 2012

Abstract

The findings advanced by contributors to this volume collectively agree that the publication of data regarding native environmental mismanagement, warfare, and violence are essential to the accurate production of knowledge in the disciplines of anthropology and the social sciences more generally. We believe that the judicious reporting of indigenous conflict and environmental degradation may well prove beneficial to Amerindians. Most significantly, we collectively agree that the censorship or suppression of such findings may prove deleterious to native communities.